Elijo el auto compacto con transmisión manual.

I choose the compact car with manual transmission.

Breakdown of Elijo el auto compacto con transmisión manual.

• con: with
• elegir: to choose
• el auto compacto: the compact car
• la transmisión manual: manual transmission

Questions & Answers about Elijo el auto compacto con transmisión manual.

What verb form is elijo?

Elijo is the first-person singular present indicative form of elegir.

So it is the yo form:

• yo elijo
• tú eliges
• él/ella elige
• nosotros elegimos
• ellos eligen

Two things happen in elijo:

• the stem vowel changes from e to i
• the g changes to j in the yo form

That is why it is elijo, not elego.

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Why is there no yo in the sentence?

Spanish often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• Elijo already means I choose / I am choosing
• so yo is not necessary

You could say Yo elijo el auto compacto..., but that usually adds:

• emphasis
• contrast
• clarification

For example:

• Yo elijo el auto compacto, no el SUV.

Without emphasis, leaving out yo sounds very natural.

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Why is it el auto compacto instead of un auto compacto?