Word
La reparación empieza mañana.
Meaning
The repair starts tomorrow.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about La reparación empieza mañana.
Why is it la reparación and not el reparación?
Because reparación is a feminine noun in Spanish, so it takes the feminine definite article la.
A very common pattern is that nouns ending in -ción are feminine:
- la reparación
- la estación
- la situación
- la conversación
So the article has to agree with the noun:
- la reparación empieza
- not el reparación empieza
What does the accent mark in reparación do?
The accent mark shows which syllable is stressed.
So reparación is stressed on the last syllable:
- re-pa-ra-CIÓN
Without the written accent, Spanish stress rules would suggest a different stress pattern, so the accent is necessary.
It is also a good clue that this word is related to many other -ción words, which often correspond to English -tion words:
- reparación → repair / reparation
- información → information
- organización → organization
Why is the verb empieza and not empeza?