Breakdown of La abogada habla con mi familia sobre la justicia.
con
with
mi
my
la familia
the family
sobre
about
Questions & Answers about La abogada habla con mi familia sobre la justicia.
In la abogada, why do we use la and end the word with -a? Could I say el abogado here?
La abogada is the feminine form of el abogado (lawyer).
You use la abogada when you are talking about a woman.
You would say el abogado when you are talking about a man.
So in this sentence, the lawyer is understood to be a woman, which is why la abogada is used. You can’t mix them (❌ la abogado, ❌ el abogada).
Why is it habla and not hablar or hablo?
Habla is the present tense, third-person singular form of hablar (to speak / to talk).
- hablar = to speak (infinitive)
- hablo = I speak (yo)
- habla = he/she speaks, or you (usted) speak
In this sentence, the subject is la abogada (she), so the verb must be habla:
- La abogada habla… = The (female) lawyer speaks / is speaking…
Can habla mean both speaks and is speaking in English?