Learn Spanish (Latin America): No dejes el biberón en la cuna. - Do not leave the baby bottle in the crib.

No dejes el biberón en la cuna.

Do not leave the baby bottle in the crib.

Breakdown of No dejes el biberón en la cuna.

no, not

in / on / at

dejar

to stop / to leave (something behind)

la cuna

crib

Questions & Answers about No dejes el biberón en la cuna.

Why does the verb end in '-es' (dejes) instead of '-as'?

When you give a negative tú command (telling someone not to do something), regular -ar verbs like dejar (to leave) swap their typical -as ending for -es. That makes it no dejes. If you were telling them to leave it (a positive command), you would just say deja.

I thought the verb for "to leave" was salir. Why is it dejar here?

Spanish uses different verbs for "leaving" depending on the situation. You use salir when a person is physically exiting or departing a place (like leaving a room). You use dejar when you are leaving an object behind or putting it somewhere, like leaving a biberón (baby bottle) in a crib.

Could I just say botella instead of biberón?

While botella is the general word for a bottle (like a water or wine bottle), biberón is the specific word for a baby bottle. If you said botella, people might think you were leaving a standard beverage bottle in the crib!

Does en la cuna mean "in the crib" or "on the crib"?