La farmacia está cerrada hoy.

to be

Breakdown of La farmacia está cerrada hoy.

• hoy: today
• la farmacia: the pharmacy
• cerrado: closed

Questions & Answers about La farmacia está cerrada hoy.

Why is it la farmacia and not just farmacia?

In Spanish, it is very common to use the definite article with nouns when talking about a specific place or thing that is understood from context. La farmacia means the pharmacy.

You can sometimes hear nouns without an article in other contexts, but in this sentence la farmacia sounds natural because it refers to a particular pharmacy.

Why does farmacia use la?

Because farmacia is a feminine singular noun in Spanish.

• el = masculine singular
• la = feminine singular

So:

• la farmacia
• la tienda
• la escuela

Many nouns ending in -a are feminine, and farmacia follows that pattern.

Why is it está cerrada and not es cerrada?