Breakdown of La niñera está aquí, pero es que el internet está fallando.
ser
to be
pero
but
aquí
here
estar
to be (location/state)
Questions & Answers about La niñera está aquí, pero es que el internet está fallando.
Why do we add es que after pero? Why not just say pero el internet está fallando?
Why use está fallando instead of just falla?
Está fallando uses the present progressive (the verb estar plus an -ando ending) to emphasize that the connection is acting up right now at this very moment. Just saying falla could imply that the internet generally fails all the time.
Is internet masculine or feminine? Here it says el internet.
In Latin America, it is very common to treat internet as a masculine noun (el internet). You might sometimes hear it as feminine (la internet) in other regions or in formal contexts, but el internet is perfectly natural for everyday Latin American Spanish.
Does fallando mean the internet is permanently broken?
Not necessarily. While fallar translates directly to 'to fail', in the context of electronics or the internet, it usually just means 'acting up', 'glitching', or having a bad connection.