Breakdown of El jurado va a decidir el caso mañana.
decidir
to decide
ir
to go
mañana
tomorrow
el jurado
the jury
el caso
the case
Questions & Answers about El jurado va a decidir el caso mañana.
Since the current lesson is about formal commands, how would I tell the jury 'Decide the case!' using 'usted'?
A jury has multiple people. Why does it use the singular verb 'va' instead of the plural 'van'?
Even though a jury involves multiple people, the word el jurado is grammatically singular. Spanish treats collective nouns based on their grammar, not their meaning—if the noun is singular, the verb must be singular. Other common examples are la familia (the family) and la gente (the people).
Is it better to say 'va a decidir' (is going to decide) or use the future tense 'decidirá' (will decide)?
Both are grammatically correct, but va a decidir (ir a + infinitive) is much more common in everyday spoken Latin American Spanish. Native speakers strongly prefer this structure when talking about plans in the near future, like things happening mañana.
I've seen 'mañana' used to mean 'morning'. How do I know it means 'tomorrow' here?
When it means 'tomorrow', mañana acts as an adverb of time and is used on its own, just like in this sentence. When it means 'morning', it is a feminine noun and will usually have an article attached to it, such as la mañana (the morning) or una mañana (a morning).
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