Breakdown of La hija de los doctores vive en México.
el doctor
the doctor
de
from / of
México
Mexico
vivir
to live / to be constantly (doing something)
Questions & Answers about La hija de los doctores vive en México.
Why does the sentence say La hija de los doctores instead of using an apostrophe like Los doctores' hija?
Spanish doesn't use an apostrophe "s" to show possession. Instead, you always switch the word order and use de (of). To talk about the doctors' daughter, you literally have to say "the daughter of the doctors" (la hija de los doctores).
Why is the verb vive singular if los doctores is plural?
If we don't know if the doctors are men or women, why do we use the masculine los doctores?
In Spanish, the masculine plural is used as the default for any mixed group. Los doctores could mean a group of all male doctors, or a mix of male and female doctors. You would only use las doctoras if you knew for sure that every doctor in the group was a woman.
Why do we use en before México?
The word en means "in" when you are talking about being located in a place. When you want to say that someone lives in a country, city, or house, you will almost always use en.