Breakdown of La campaña municipal enseña a la comunidad cómo preparar una mochila de emergencia antes de un huracán.
de
of
a
to
antes de
before
preparar
to prepare
cómo
how
la mochila
the backpack
enseñar
to teach
la campaña
the campaign
la comunidad
the community
el huracán
the hurricane
municipal
municipal
la emergencia
the emergency
Questions & Answers about La campaña municipal enseña a la comunidad cómo preparar una mochila de emergencia antes de un huracán.
What does campaña municipal mean?
Campaña means “campaign,” and municipal means “city‐run” or “municipal.” Together, campaña municipal refers to a campaign organized by the local government.
Why is there an a before la comunidad?
In Spanish, when you say enseñar (to teach) someone, that person is an indirect object. Indirect objects take the preposition a. So enseña a la comunidad means “teaches the community.”
Why does the sentence use cómo preparar instead of a preparar?
With enseñar you can say either enseñar a alguien a hacer algo (“teach someone to do something”) or enseñar a alguien cómo hacer algo (“teach someone how to do something”). Using cómo emphasizes the method: you’re teaching how to prepare the backpack.
Why is cómo written with an accent here?
The accent distinguishes the question/exclamation word cómo (“how”) from como (“like” or “as”). Whenever it’s used in a direct or indirect question, it needs the accent.
What does una mochila de emergencia refer to?
Mochila means “backpack,” and emergencia means “emergency.” The phrase una mochila de emergencia is “an emergency backpack”—a kit you pack in case of disaster.
Why is there an article un before huracán in antes de un huracán?
Spanish generally requires an article before singular, countable nouns. Un huracán means “a hurricane.” Without un, the phrase would sound incomplete in this context.
What role does antes de play in this sentence?
Antes de means “before” and is used to introduce a noun, pronoun, or infinitive. Here it’s followed by the noun phrase un huracán (“a hurricane”), so antes de un huracán means “before a hurricane.”
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