Breakdown of El pasajero furioso tuvo un problema con su reserva.
tener
to have
un
a, an (masculine)
el problema
the problem
su
his/her/its/their/your (formal)
con
with
la reserva
the reservation
el pasajero
the passenger
furioso
furious
Questions & Answers about El pasajero furioso tuvo un problema con su reserva.
Why is 'he had' translated as tuvo instead of using a regular ending?
Why does the sentence use un before problema? Doesn't the '-a' ending make it feminine?
Even though it ends in '-a', problema is actually a masculine word. Several common Spanish words ending in '-ma' (like el idioma or el tema) are masculine because of their Greek origins. That is why it takes the masculine article un.
Could I say El furioso pasajero instead of El pasajero furioso?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like furioso almost always come after the noun they describe. Putting it before the noun would sound very poetic or overly dramatic. For everyday conversations, always put words like furioso after the noun.
How do we know su means 'his' here? Doesn't it also mean 'her' or 'your'?
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