Lavoro il sabato mattina.

[Naikol]

Lavoro il sabato mattina.
I work (in) Saturday mornings.

Sono corrette queste traduzioni?
In caso affermativo, perché il verbo work non è seguito da preposizioni di tempo?

Devi inserire solo la frase ORIGINALE nel titolo del thread, non la tua traduzione
Come devo scegliere i titoli delle discussioni?

 

[Mary49]

Non sono corrette: "on Saturday mornings" per ambedue.

 

[Naikol]

Scusa, ma se io dovessi tradurre "Lavoro la mattina" dovrei dire "I work in the morning", o no?
Col giorno della settimana davanti morning/evening/night, si deve usare on?

"I work Saturday mornings" l'ho trovata su libri d'inglese o su dizionari (adesso non ricordo). Possibile che sia sbagliata?

 

[Mary49]

Scusa, ma se io dovessi tradurre "Lavoro la mattina" dovrei dire "I work in the morning", o no? Sì
Col giorno della settimana davanti morning/evening/night, si deve usare on? Sì

"I work Saturday mornings" l'ho trovata su libri d'inglese o su dizionari (adesso non ricordo). Possibile che sia sbagliata? Non possibile, sicuro.

 

[theartichoke]

Actually, "I work Saturday mornings" is perfectly idiomatic for me, the same as "I work on Saturday mornings." There may be an AE / BE difference, though, seeing that BE says things like "at the weekend" when we say "on the weekend." I don't know.

 

[ain'ttranslationfun?]

Actually, "I work Saturday mornings" is perfectly idiomatic for me, the same as "I work on Saturday mornings."

D'accordo for this AE speaker.

 

[You little ripper!]

I work Saturday mornings is a lot more idiomatic for me than I work on Saturday mornings. Both are correct.

 

[lentulax]

I work Saturday mornings

Standard BE too.

 

[Pietruzzo]

I work Saturday mornings is a lot more idiomatic for me than I work on Saturday mornings. Both are correct.

I guess this structure is specific to the verb "work". We can't say "we play tennis Saturdays". Can we?

 

[theartichoke]

I guess this structure is specific to the verb "work". We can't say "we play tennis Saturdays". Can we?

I was pondering this question myself, and it seems to me that while it's more usual with "work," it certainly doesn't sound wrong with other verbs. "We play tennis Saturdays" doesn't sound odd to me. There's a very slight difference in nuance without the "on"--"we play tennis on Saturdays" implies that we don't play it on other days, while "we play tennis Saturdays" implies that we play it every Saturday, without exception, and I'm explaining why I can't do something else with you next Saturday.

If you flip the construction around, it works too: "Sunday mornings I go to the market."

 

[rrose17]

There's a very slight difference in nuance without the "on"--"we play tennis on Saturdays" implies that we don't play it on other days, while "we play tennis Saturdays" implies that we play it every Saturday, without exception, and I'm explaining why I can't do something else with you next Saturday.

Well explained. Also "I watch TV Thursday night(s)." "I eat out Friday evening(s)"