Questions & Answers about El vuelo va directamente a México.
How did we form the word directamente in this sentence?
Adverbs ending in -mente (which is like "-ly" in English) are built from the feminine form of the adjective. The adjective for "direct" is directo, so we take the feminine form directa and add -mente to get directamente (directly).
Is it possible to just use directo instead of directamente?
Why do we need the word a before México?
The verb ir (which gives us va, meaning "goes") is a verb of motion. In Spanish, when you are moving toward a specific destination, you almost always use the preposition a (to) to connect the motion to the place you are going.
Why is the "x" in México pronounced like an English "h"?
It is a historical spelling exception! Centuries ago, the Spanish "x" made a different sound that eventually shifted to the "h" (or Spanish j) sound. While modern Spanish updated most of those words to be spelled with a j, México proudly kept its traditional spelling with an x.
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