Learn Hardcore Spanish (Spain): El rodillo está junto a la torneta. - The rolling pin is next to the banding wheel.

Breakdown of El rodillo está junto a la torneta.

Why is it está and not es?

Because Spanish uses estar for location.

When you say where a person or thing is, you normally use estar:

By contrast, ser is used for identity, definition, origin, time, etc., not for physical location.

So El rodillo está junto a la torneta is correct, while es junto a la torneta is not.

What does junto a mean?

Junto a means next to, beside, or right by.

It expresses physical closeness:

It often suggests something is quite close, sometimes a bit closer than cerca de (near).

Why is there an a after junto?

Because in this meaning, junto is normally used as part of the expression junto a.

So you say:

Not junto la torneta.

You can think of junto a as a fixed prepositional phrase.

Why is it a la torneta and not al torneta?