Breakdown of El parque está lejos del barrio viejo.
viejo
old
estar
to be (location/state)
el parque
the park
lejos
far
Questions & Answers about El parque está lejos del barrio viejo.
Where does the word del come from in this sentence?
del is a mandatory contraction of the preposition de (of/from) and the masculine singular article el (the). Whenever de and el are next to each other, they merge into del. So instead of saying de el barrio, you must say del barrio.
Why do we use de (inside del) right after lejos?
In Spanish, the word lejos (far) almost always pairs with the preposition de (from) when you specify what it is far from. Because the neighborhood is el barrio, we combine lejos de and el barrio to get lejos del barrio.
Why does this sentence use está instead of es for 'is'?
Why are the words in the order barrio viejo instead of viejo barrio?