El hombre dice: «Buenos días».

The man says: ‘Good morning.’

Breakdown of El hombre dice: «Buenos días».

• decir: to tell
• buenos días: good morning
• el hombre: the man

Questions & Answers about El hombre dice: «Buenos días».

Why is it el hombre and not just hombre?

In Spanish, it is very common to use the definite article where English might not.

• el = the
• hombre = man

So el hombre means the man.

If you said just hombre, it would usually sound incomplete here, unless you were using it in a special context, like a label, headline, or exclamation.

Also, hombre is a masculine singular noun, so it takes el, not la.

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Why is hombre masculine?

Nouns in Spanish have grammatical gender, and hombre is a masculine noun.

That is why it uses:

• el hombre = the man

This matches natural gender too, since hombre refers to a male person. The feminine equivalent is:

• la mujer = the woman

A learner often notices that -o words are often masculine, and hombre fits that pattern.

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