Breakdown of A causa de este problema, el racionamiento afectará a todos.
el problema
the problem
este
this
todo
all / everything
a causa de
because of
Questions & Answers about A causa de este problema, el racionamiento afectará a todos.
Why use a causa de instead of porque here?
Why is it este problema and not esta problema since the word ends in an "a"?
Even though it ends in "-a", problema is a masculine noun. Many Spanish words of Greek origin that end in "-ma" (like el clima, el sistema, el tema) are masculine. Because of this, it must take the masculine word for "this": este.
Why is there an a before todos?
This is the "personal a". In Spanish, when the direct object of a verb is a person or a group of people (like todos, meaning "everyone"), you generally must put an a before it. Since "everyone" is receiving the action of being affected, we say afectará a todos.
What tense is afectará and how is it formed here?