Questions & Answers about La fiesta es en la calle.
Why is it la fiesta and la calle? What does la mean here?
La is the feminine singular form of the.
- la fiesta = the party
- la calle = the street
Both fiesta and calle are feminine singular nouns, so they use la.
A learner should remember that grammatical gender in Spanish is part of the noun, and articles must agree with it.
Why does the sentence use es instead of está?
This is a very common question because both ser and estar can mean to be.
In La fiesta es en la calle, Spanish uses es from ser to say where an event takes place.
That means:
- ser is often used for the location of an event
- estar is usually used for the location of a person or thing
Compare:
- La fiesta es en la calle. = The party is on/in the street.
- La mesa está en la calle. = The table is in the street.
So even though the party is temporary, Spanish treats the location of an event differently.
What exactly does en mean here?