Breakdown of La mejor parte del día es la mañana.
el día
the day
la mañana
the morning
mejor
better
la parte
the part
Questions & Answers about La mejor parte del día es la mañana.
Why does mejor come before parte instead of after it?
While most descriptive adjectives go after the noun in Spanish, irregular comparatives like mejor (better/best) and peor (worse/worst) almost always go before the noun they describe.
How do we know mejor means "best" here and not just "better"?
In Spanish, you form the superlative (words like "best" or "worst") by adding a definite article like el or la before the comparative word. Because we have la right before mejor, la mejor parte translates to "the best part" rather than just "a better part".
Why does it say del día? Doesn't día end in an "a"?
Día is a common rule-breaker! Even though it ends in "-a", it is a masculine noun. That means it uses el instead of la. When the preposition de (of) meets el (the), they combine into the mandatory contraction del.