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Setenta y nueve personas caminan en el parque.

Setenta y nueve personas caminan en el parque.
Seventy-nine people walk in the park.
From Lesson 53:Numbers 30 to 1000 (treinta, cien, mil)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Setenta y nueve personas caminan en el parque.

en
in / on / at
el parque
the park
caminar
to walk
la persona
the person
nueve
nine
setenta
seventy

Questions & Answers about Setenta y nueve personas caminan en el parque.

Why is it setenta y nueve instead of one word like veintinueve?
In Spanish, numbers from 31 to 99 are written as three separate words connected by y (and). That is why 79 is setenta y nueve. Numbers from 16 to 29 are combined into a single word, like veintinueve (29).
How can I remember the difference between setenta and sesenta?
These two are very easy to mix up! Setenta with a 't' is 70, which you can remember because it comes from siete (7). Sesenta with an 's' is 60, which comes from seis (6).
If the group of 79 people includes men, is the word still personas?
Yes! The noun persona is always feminine, regardless of the gender of the actual people it refers to. A mixed group or even a group of only men would still be referred to as personas.
Why does the verb caminan end in '-an'?
Because the subject of the sentence is setenta y nueve personas, which is plural (they). For regular verbs ending in '-ar' like caminar (to walk), the 'they' form is made by changing the ending to '-an'.

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