Corto el pollo con un cuchillo en la cocina.

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Breakdown of Corto el pollo con un cuchillo en la cocina.

• yo: I
• en: in
• con: with

Questions & Answers about Corto el pollo con un cuchillo en la cocina.

Why is corto used instead of estoy cortando?

Spanish often uses the simple present when English would use the present continuous. Corto el pollo can mean I cut the chicken or I’m cutting the chicken. To highlight that it’s happening right now, you could say estoy cortando el pollo, but corto el pollo is perfectly natural.

Why is yo omitted before corto?

The verb ending -o signals first person singular (I). Spanish typically drops subject pronouns because they’re redundant. You only include yo for emphasis or contrast (e.g. Yo corto, pero él fríe).

Why el pollo and not un pollo?

El pollo refers to a specific chicken both speaker and listener know. Use un pollo when you’re talking about any chicken or introducing it for the first time.

Why un cuchillo instead of el cuchillo?

Un cuchillo means a knife, one among many. El cuchillo means the knife, a particular one. Choose un for any knife, el for a specific knife known to both.

What does con mean in con un cuchillo?