Si una palabra empieza con mayúscula, yo la copio también con mayúscula.

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Breakdown of Si una palabra empieza con mayúscula, yo la copio también con mayúscula.

• una: a
• con: with
• la palabra: the word

Questions & Answers about Si una palabra empieza con mayúscula, yo la copio también con mayúscula.

What does si mean here, and why doesn’t it have an accent?

Here si means if.

It does not have an accent because si = if is a conjunction. Spanish also has sí with an accent, which usually means yes or himself/herself/itself in certain expressions.

• si = if
• sí = yes

So in Si una palabra empieza..., the sentence is introducing a condition: If a word starts...

Why is it una palabra and not un palabra?

Because palabra is a feminine noun in Spanish, so it takes the feminine article una.

• una palabra = a word

This can feel surprising to English speakers because words ending in -a are often feminine, but there are exceptions in Spanish. In this case, palabra is simply feminine and must agree with:

• una
• la
• mayúscula when it refers back to it

What verb is empieza, and what does it mean?