Breakdown of La evaluación mide el desempeño y da retroalimentación.
y
and
dar
to give
medir
to measure
el desempeño
the job performance
Questions & Answers about La evaluación mide el desempeño y da retroalimentación.
Why does the sentence use la evaluación instead of just evaluación?
In Spanish, it is very common to use the definite article with nouns, even in cases where English might not.
Here, la evaluación means the evaluation or the assessment. It can refer to:
- a specific evaluation already understood from context, or
- the evaluation process in general
Saying just evaluación is possible in some contexts, but la evaluación sounds more natural in a complete statement like this.
Why is it mide and not something like mede?
Because the verb is medir (to measure), and it is a stem-changing verb.
In the present tense, e changes to i in most forms:
- yo mido
- tú mides
- él/ella mide
- nosotros medimos
- ellos miden
So la evaluación mide means the evaluation measures.
What exactly does desempeño mean here?