Breakdown of El televisor está enfrente del sillón.
estar
to be (location/state)
el televisor
the television set
el sillón
armchair
enfrente de
in front of
Questions & Answers about El televisor está enfrente del sillón.
Why does this sentence use del sillón instead of de el sillón?
When the preposition de is directly followed by the masculine article el, they must combine to form the contraction del. Because sillón is masculine (el sillón), the phrase enfrente de el automatically becomes enfrente del.
I usually say la televisión. Why is it el televisor here?
Could I just say enfrente el sillón without the del?
No, you always need the de (which becomes del here) when using these complex prepositions of place to connect to a specific object. Enfrente by itself just means in front or opposite. To say in front of something, you must use enfrente de.
Why do we use está instead of es if the TV is permanently in that spot?