Breakdown of Los directores no confían en el asistente nuevo.
no
no, not
en
in / on / at
los
the (masculine plural)
nuevo
new
el director
the director
confiar
to trust
el asistente
the assistant
Questions & Answers about Los directores no confían en el asistente nuevo.
Why do we need the word en here? Doesn't confían already mean "trust"?
In Spanish, the verb confiar (to trust) is almost always followed by the preposition en. You are literally saying that you "trust in" someone. This is a great habit to build, especially for this lesson—if you wanted to say "the assistant whom they trust," you would carry that en over and say, "el asistente en quien confían."
Can asistente be a feminine word, or does it only end in -e?
The noun asistente is gender-neutral and always ends in -e. To show the gender of the person, you just change the article in front of it. Here it's el asistente (male assistant), but for a female assistant, it would be la asistente.
Why does nuevo come after asistente instead of before it?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives usually go after the noun. Saying el asistente nuevo (the assistant new) is the standard way to emphasize the objective fact that this person is newly hired or new to the role.
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