Breakdown of El postre de hoy es fruta con crema dulce y galletas.
ser
to be
con
with
hoy
today
la fruta
the fruit
Questions & Answers about El postre de hoy es fruta con crema dulce y galletas.
Why is it El postre and not La postre?
In Spanish, every noun has a grammatical gender, which is often arbitrary.
- Postre (dessert) is masculine, so it takes the masculine article el.
- el postre = the dessert
- A feminine noun would take la, e.g.:
- la tarta = the cake
- la fruta = the fruit
You simply have to learn postre = masculine (el postre), even though it doesn’t end in -o.
What does de hoy literally mean, and why is it used instead of just El postre es…?
De hoy literally means “of today.” So:
- El postre de hoy = the dessert of today → today’s dessert
You could say just:
- El postre es fruta con crema dulce y galletas.
This is grammatically correct, but El postre de hoy… sounds more natural when you’re talking about what today’s dessert is, for example in a restaurant or at home when the dessert changes every day. It emphasizes that this is today’s special or today’s choice.
Why is it es fruta and not es una fruta?