Word
Marco la página en mi libro verde para recordar la lección.
Meaning
I mark the page in my green book to remember the lesson.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Marco la página en mi libro verde para recordar la lección.
In Marco la página, is Marco a name (like Marco the person) or a verb meaning I mark? How can I tell?
In this sentence, Marco is the verb form of marcar (to mark), in the first person singular, present tense: yo marco → Marco (I mark).
How to tell it’s a verb here, not a name:
The structure is: [verb] [direct object]
→ Marco la página = I mark the page.
If Marco were a name, you would usually expect a verb after it:- Marco marca la página. (Marco marks the page.)
- Marco abre el libro. (Marco opens the book.)
Capitalization does not help here, because the verb marco is at the start of the sentence, so it’s capitalized anyway: Marco la página…
Only the context tells you if it’s Marco (I mark) or Marco (the name). In this sentence, it’s clearly the verb: I mark the page in my green book to remember the lesson.
Why is it la página (the page) and not una página (a page)?