Word
El artículo tiene ocho mil palabras.
Meaning
The article has eight thousand words.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of El artículo tiene ocho mil palabras.
tener
to have
la palabra
the word
el artículo
the article
ocho mil
eight thousand
Questions & Answers about El artículo tiene ocho mil palabras.
Why use tiene instead of hay here?
- Tiene (from tener) expresses possession/containment by the subject: the article “has” that many words.
- Hay is the impersonal “there is/are.” You could say Hay ocho mil palabras en el artículo to stress existence/location, but El artículo tiene ocho mil palabras focuses on the article’s length as a property.
Why is it El artículo and not Un artículo?
Why does artículo have an accent, and what happens if I leave it off?
- Artículo (with an accent on í) is the noun “article.”
- Articulo (no accent) is the present tense of articular: “I articulate.”
- Articuló (accent on ó) is the preterite: “he/she articulated.” Accents distinguish different words and ensure correct stress: ar-TÍ-cu-lo.
How do I pronounce the whole sentence naturally (Latin America)?