Ellas quieren reservar una mesa en el restaurante para el sábado.

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Breakdown of Ellas quieren reservar una mesa en el restaurante para el sábado.

• una: a
• en: at
• para: for

Questions & Answers about Ellas quieren reservar una mesa en el restaurante para el sábado.

Why does the sentence start with ellas? Can I leave it out?

Yes, you often can leave it out.

Spanish usually drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear. So:

• Ellas quieren reservar una mesa...
• Quieren reservar una mesa...

Both can mean They want to book a table...

Including ellas can be useful when:

• you want to emphasize that it is they
• you want to make it clear you mean a group of women
• you are contrasting them with someone else

So in many normal situations, Quieren reservar una mesa en el restaurante para el sábado would sound perfectly natural.

What does ellas mean exactly?

Ellas means they, referring to an all-female group.

Compare:

• ellas = they (female group)
• ellos = they (male group, or a mixed group)

So if the group includes even one male, Spanish normally uses ellos.

Why is it quieren?