Breakdown of El entrenador llevará un silbato de plata para el partido del jueves.
de
of
para
for
un
a
del
of the
el entrenador
the coach
la plata
the silver
llevar
will bring
el silbato
the whistle
el partido
the game
el jueves
the Thursday
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Questions & Answers about El entrenador llevará un silbato de plata para el partido del jueves.
What tense is llevará and what does it mean in this sentence?
Llevará is the third person singular of the simple future tense of llevar, meaning “he/she will carry” or “will wear.” It expresses an action that will happen.
Could we use va a llevar instead of llevará?
Yes. Va a llevar is the periphrastic future (ir + a + infinitive) commonly used in spoken Latin American Spanish for near-future events. Both forms indicate the coach will carry a whistle.
Why does llevar mean both “to carry” and “to wear”?
Llevar is a versatile verb. Context determines whether it means “to carry,” “to take,” or “to wear.” Here, it implies the coach will carry the whistle on his person.
Why do we use un silbato de plata instead of silbato con plata?
In Spanish, de indicates material or composition. Un silbato de plata means “a whistle made of silver.” Con would suggest the whistle merely has silver accents or decorations.
Can we say el silbato de plata instead of un silbato?
Using el silbato de plata (the silver whistle) would imply a specific whistle already known to both speaker and listener. Un silbato introduces it as something new or non-specific.
Why is del jueves used instead of de el jueves or just de jueves?
Spanish contracts de + el into del, so del jueves stands for “of the Thursday.” We need the definite article el with days of the week when referring to a particular day.
Why isn’t jueves capitalized?
In Spanish, days of the week are not capitalized unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence.
What is the function of para in para el partido?
Here, para expresses purpose: “for the match.” It indicates the whistle is intended for use at Thursday’s game.
How do you pronounce llevará and silbato?
Llevará: the ll sounds like the English “y” in “yes,” stress on the last syllable: lye-vah-RAH. Silbato: stress on the second syllable: seel-BAH-toh.