La selva es húmeda.

The jungle is humid.

Breakdown of La selva es húmeda.

• ser: to be
• húmedo: wet
• la selva: the jungle

Questions & Answers about La selva es húmeda.

Why is there a la at the beginning?

La is the feminine singular definite article, meaning the.

In La selva es húmeda, la is used because selva is a singular feminine noun. Spanish usually uses articles more regularly than English, so the jungle becomes la selva.

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Why is selva feminine?

In Spanish, every noun has a grammatical gender, usually masculine or feminine. Selva is a feminine noun, so it takes feminine words with it:

• la selva
• una selva
• selva húmeda

A noun being feminine does not mean the thing itself is biologically female. It is just a grammatical category.

Also, many nouns ending in -a are feminine, and selva follows that common pattern.

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