Breakdown of Tuvimos un problema en la fila del aeropuerto.
tener
to have
un
a, an (masculine)
en
in / on / at
el problema
the problem
el aeropuerto
the airport
del
from the / of the
la fila
the line
Questions & Answers about Tuvimos un problema en la fila del aeropuerto.
Why is it tuvimos instead of a regular spelling like "tenimos"?
Problema ends in "-a". Why does it use the masculine article un instead of una?
Even though it ends in -a, problema is a masculine noun, so it must use un (or el). Many Spanish words ending in -ma (like el idioma or el sistema) originally come from Greek and are masculine. It is a common exception you just have to memorize!
Could I use línea instead of fila for the airport line?
In most of Latin America, una fila is the specific word used for a line of people waiting (a queue). Una línea is usually a drawn line (like on a piece of paper) or a telephone line, so using it for a line of people would sound strange here.
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