Word
Tú tienes una foto de México.
Meaning
You have a photo of Mexico.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Tú tienes una foto de México.
tú
you (informal singular)
de
from / of
México
Mexico
tener
to have
Questions & Answers about Tú tienes una foto de México.
Why is it una foto and not un foto if the word ends in "o"?
The word foto is actually short for fotografía. Because fotografía is a feminine word (it ends in "a"), its short version foto keeps that feminine gender. That is why we use the feminine word for "a" (una) instead of the masculine un.
Do I need to include Tú in this sentence, or can I just say Tienes?
Why does Tú have an accent mark here?
The accent mark helps tell two identical-sounding words apart in writing. Tú (with the accent) is the subject pronoun meaning "you," which is what we need here. Tu (without the accent) is a possessive word meaning "your" (as in tu foto, meaning "your photo").
How is the "x" in México pronounced?
In the word México, the "x" is pronounced like a strong, raspy English "h" sound (very similar to the Spanish "j"). It is not pronounced with the "ks" sound we use in the English word "Mexico."