Word
Mi abuelo está escribiendo un libro sobre la práctica del ajedrez.
Meaning
My grandfather is writing a book about the practice of chess.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Mi abuelo está escribiendo un libro sobre la práctica del ajedrez.
el abuelo
the grandfather
el libro
the book
un
a, an (masculine)
estar
to be (location/state)
Questions & Answers about Mi abuelo está escribiendo un libro sobre la práctica del ajedrez.
How would I change this sentence to apply the current lesson and say he has been writing the book for a year?
Why does it say del ajedrez instead of just de ajedrez?
In Spanish, names of games and sports generally require the definite article. Because chess is el ajedrez, combining the preposition de and the article el creates the mandatory contraction del. In English, we just say "chess," but Spanish needs that article!
Why does práctica have an accent mark?
In this sentence, práctica is a noun meaning "practice." The accent mark indicates that the spoken stress falls on the third-to-last syllable. It also helps distinguish it from the verb practica (he/she practices), which is stressed on the second-to-last syllable and does not have a written accent mark.