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La abuela del doctor vive lejos de la ciudad.
Meaning
The doctor's grandmother lives far from the city.
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Breakdown of La abuela del doctor vive lejos de la ciudad.
el doctor
the doctor
de
from / of
la abuela
the grandmother
vivir
to live / to be constantly (doing something)
Questions & Answers about La abuela del doctor vive lejos de la ciudad.
Why is the sentence ordered as La abuela del doctor instead of using an apostrophe?
Where does the word del come from?
The word del is a mandatory contraction. Whenever the preposition de (of) is followed directly by the masculine word for 'the' (el), they must combine to form del. So, de plus el doctor becomes del doctor.
Why is de used twice in this sentence, and do they mean the same thing?
Why does the sentence use la for la ciudad?
The word ciudad (city) is feminine, so it takes the feminine article la. A helpful trick for beginners is that Spanish nouns ending in -dad are almost always feminine!