Questions & Answers about La junta empieza hoy.
Usually, junta means something like board, committee, council, or a formal meeting/assembly, depending on context.
In Spain, it often sounds more official than reunión. So if the meaning shown to you is The meeting starts today, that is possible, but in real life junta often suggests a specific organized group or formal session, not just any casual meeting.
For an ordinary meeting, Spanish speakers often use reunión:
- La reunión empieza hoy.
So junta is correct, but it has a slightly more specific tone.
Spanish often uses the definite article much more than English does.
Here, la means the, and junta is a feminine singular noun, so you get:
- la junta = the meeting / the board / the committee
You usually need the article when talking about a specific thing:
- La junta empieza hoy. = The meeting starts today.
If you removed la, the sentence would usually sound incomplete in normal Spanish.