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Los turistas están en un restaurante muy popular.

Los turistas están en un restaurante muy popular.
The tourists are in a very popular restaurant.
From Lesson 50:Very vs. a lot (muy, mucho)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Los turistas están en un restaurante muy popular.

Why do we use muy here instead of mucho?
We use muy (which means very) right before adjectives to describe how something is. Because popular is an adjective describing the restaurant, we must use muy. We only use mucho (a lot / much / many) to talk about amounts with nouns or verbs.
Why is the word order un restaurante muy popular?
In Spanish, describing words (adjectives) usually come after the thing they describe. Because muy (very) is attached to the adjective popular, the whole phrase muy popular goes right after un restaurante (a restaurant).
Why do we use están here instead of son?
We use the verb estar (which becomes están for they) whenever we talk about physical locations. The tourists are physically located in the restaurant, so we must use estar rather than ser.
Why does turistas have the masculine word Los in front of it if it ends in an A?
Words ending in -ista (like turista or dentista) are special: they can be masculine or feminine depending on the person. El turista is a male tourist, and la turista is a female tourist. Los turistas refers to a group of male tourists or a mixed group.

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