Questions & Answers about Tú caminas mucho en la ciudad.
Why does the verb end in -as in this sentence?
The base verb here is caminar (to walk). Because it is a regular -ar verb, you conjugate it for tú (informal you) by dropping the -ar and adding -as. That gives us caminas. Do I have to say Tú caminas, or can I just say Caminas?
You can just say Caminas mucho en la ciudad. In Spanish, the ending of the verb (-as) already tells the listener exactly who is doing the walking. Including Tú is optional and is usually just done for emphasis. Since la ciudad is feminine, shouldn't it be mucha instead of mucho?
Nope! In this sentence, mucho means "a lot" and it is describing the verb (how much you walk), not the city. When mucho describes an action, it never changes its ending. It only changes to match feminine or plural words when it is describing a noun (like saying "mucha agua" for "a lot of water"). I thought feminine words usually end in -a. Why is it la ciudad?
While it is true that most feminine words end in -a, Spanish has a few other patterns to look out for. Words that end in -dad, like ciudad (city) and universidad (university), are almost always feminine. That is why we use la. Learn Tú caminas mucho en la ciudad and more in Spanish
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