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Aunque la roca está resbalosa, ellos caminan rápido.

Aunque la roca está resbalosa, ellos caminan rápido.
Although the rock is slippery, they walk fast.
From Lesson 154:Concessive clauses (aunque)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Aunque la roca está resbalosa, ellos caminan rápido.

Why do we use the normal present tense (está) after aunque here?
We use aunque with the indicative (the normal present tense, like está) to talk about a known, factual reality. The speaker knows for a fact that the rock is slippery right now.
Why does this sentence use está instead of es for 'is'?
We use está (from the verb estar) because being slippery is a physical condition or state of the rock right now, likely due to water or moss. If we used es, it would mean the rock is permanently slippery by its very nature.
Why use rápido instead of rápidamente for 'fast'?
While rápidamente (quickly) is perfectly correct, in everyday spoken Spanish it is very common to just use the basic masculine singular adjective (rápido) to describe how an action is done. You will also hear this with words like lento (slow) and duro (hard).
Why does resbalosa end in an -a?
It is an adjective that must match the gender of the noun it describes. Since la roca (the rock) is a feminine word, the adjective becomes resbalosa. If we were talking about a masculine word like el piso (the floor), it would be resbaloso.

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