La bicicleta eléctrica es sostenible.

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Breakdown of La bicicleta eléctrica es sostenible.

• la bicicleta: the bicycle
• eléctrico: electric
• sostenible: sustainable

Questions & Answers about La bicicleta eléctrica es sostenible.

Why is the article in la bicicleta eléctrica la instead of el?

Because in Spanish, nouns ending in -a are typically feminine, so we use the feminine definite article la. Bicicleta ends with -a, making it feminine, whereas el is the masculine article.

Why does the adjective eléctrica end with -a instead of -o?

Adjectives in Spanish must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. Since bicicleta is feminine singular, the masculine form eléctrico changes to the feminine form eléctrica.

Why is eléctrica placed after bicicleta? Could I say eléctrica bicicleta?

Most descriptive adjectives in Spanish follow the noun they describe. Saying bicicleta eléctrica is the standard word order. Placing eléctrica before the noun (as in eléctrica bicicleta) would sound poetic or unusual, not normal everyday Spanish.

Why do we use es (from ser) instead of está (from estar)?