Breakdown of Los creyentes admiran la compasión del santo.
los
the (masculine plural)
del
from the / of the
el santo
saint
el creyente
believer
admirar
to admire
la compasión
compassion
Questions & Answers about Los creyentes admiran la compasión del santo.
Why is there a "Los" at the beginning when the English translation just says "Believers"?
In Spanish, when you make a general statement about an entire group or talk about abstract concepts, you need to use the definite article (el, la, los, or las). Since we are talking about believers in general, we must say Los creyentes.
How does the word creyentes relate to the verb for "to believe"?
How do I know if a word like compasión is masculine or feminine?
Nouns ending in -sión or -ción (like compasión, emoción, or canción) are almost always feminine in Spanish. That is why it uses the feminine article la.
Why is it del santo instead of de el santo?
Whenever the preposition de (of/from) is immediately followed by the masculine singular article el (the), they must combine into the contraction del. This is a mandatory rule in Spanish to make pronunciation flow more smoothly.
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