Word
No empieces a publicar en la red social.
Meaning
Don't start posting on the social network.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of No empieces a publicar en la red social.
no
no, not
en
in / on / at
a
to
empezar
to start / to begin
Questions & Answers about No empieces a publicar en la red social.
Why is it empieces and not 'empiezas'?
Because this is a negative command ('Don't start'), we use the negative imperative form. For -ar verbs like empezar, the tú ending changes to -es. Plus, empezar is a stem-changing verb, so the middle e changes to ie, giving us empieces.
Where did the 'z' from empezar go? Why is it spelled with a 'c' here?
In Spanish spelling, the letter z changes to a c whenever it comes right before an e or an i. Since our negative command ending is -es, the z must turn into a c to maintain the same sound.
Why is there an a between empieces and publicar?
Why is it la red social instead of 'la social red'?