Breakdown of La ciudad tiene mucho tráfico hoy.
tener
to have
mucho
many / a lot
la ciudad
the city
hoy
today
el tráfico
traffic
Questions & Answers about La ciudad tiene mucho tráfico hoy.
Why do we use mucho in this sentence instead of muy?
muy means "very" and is used with adjectives (describing words), while mucho means "a lot of" or "much" and is used with nouns (things). Since tráfico (traffic) is a noun, we need mucho. Just like in English, you wouldn't say "very traffic"!
Why is it mucho instead of mucha or muchos?
When mucho comes before a noun to mean "a lot of", it has to match that word's gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural). tráfico is a masculine, singular word, so we use the masculine, singular form: mucho.
In English we say "a lot of traffic." Do we need a word for "of" in Spanish?
Why does ciudad use the feminine word for "the" (la) when it doesn't end in an "a"?
While it is true that most feminine words in Spanish end in "a", words that end in the letters -dad (like ciudad or universidad) are almost always feminine. Because of this rule, we use the feminine article la.
Learn La ciudad tiene mucho tráfico hoy and more in Spanish
All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.
- ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
- ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
- ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free