Breakdown of El escuadrón intergaláctico amenaza nuestra galaxia.
nuestro
our
la galaxia
galaxy
amenazar
to threaten
el escuadrón
the squad
intergaláctico
intergalactic
Questions & Answers about El escuadrón intergaláctico amenaza nuestra galaxia.
Why isn't there a preposition like a or con after amenaza in this sentence?
When amenazar means to threaten a place or thing directly, it takes a direct object without any extra prepositions. You do not use the personal a here because nuestra galaxia is an inanimate object, not a person. However, if you wanted to add what the squad is threatening the galaxy with, you would use con (for example, amenaza nuestra galaxia con rayos láser).
How could I reply to this sentence to reassure the speaker using this lesson's focus on ya plus the future tense?
You could respond with something like Ya salvaremos la galaxia (Don't worry, we'll save the galaxy). By pairing ya with the future indicative (salvaremos), you change the statement from a simple prediction of the future into a comforting reassurance that the threat will be handled in due time.
Words ending in -on can be tricky for gender. Why is escuadrón masculine when words like canción are feminine?
The feminine rule you are thinking of applies specifically to nouns ending in the suffixes -ción, -sión, or -gión. Nouns that simply end in -ón (which often indicate a group, a tool, or an augmentative), such as escuadrón, cinturón, or callejón, are almost always masculine.
Why does intergaláctico have a written accent mark on the second a?
It is an esdrújula word, which means the natural spoken stress falls on the third-to-last syllable (lác). In Spanish orthography, any word that stresses the third-to-last syllable must always carry a written accent mark, completely breaking the standard rules about what letter a word ends in.
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