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El restaurante y la cafetería están aquí.

El restaurante y la cafetería están aquí.
The restaurant and the cafeteria are here.
From Lesson 12:State and location (estar)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El restaurante y la cafetería están aquí.

Why do we use están here instead of son?
We use están (from the verb estar) because the sentence is talking about location. In Spanish, whenever you are saying where something is located, you always use estar, even if it is a permanent building like a restaurant.
El restaurante is masculine and la cafetería is feminine. Does the verb están change based on their genders?
No, Spanish verbs do not have gender. They only change based on who or what the subject is (singular vs. plural, I vs. you vs. they). Because there are two places (the restaurant and the cafeteria), the subject is plural ("they"), so we use the plural form están.
Why is there an accent mark on the 'i' in cafetería?
The accent mark tells you to put the stress of your voice on that letter. Normally, an 'i' and an 'a' next to each other blend into a single syllable. The accent breaks them apart, so the end of the word is pronounced as two distinct syllables: ca-fe-te-RÍ-a.
Could I say acá instead of aquí?
Yes! Both aquí and acá mean "here." In Latin America, acá is extremely common in everyday conversation, so saying están acá is perfectly natural and means the same thing.

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