Breakdown of La imagen del hotel es bonita.
de
from / of
bonito
pretty / nice
el hotel
the hotel
la imagen
the image, the picture
Questions & Answers about La imagen del hotel es bonita.
Why is it la imagen and bonita if the word imagen doesn't end in -a?
The noun imagen is feminine, so it must be used with the feminine article la and the feminine adjective bonita. While many Spanish words ending in -a are feminine, there are exceptions and imagen is a very common one to memorize. As a bonus tip for your level, remember that when you make it plural, it gains an accent mark to keep the stress in the same place: las imágenes.
Why does the sentence use del hotel instead of de el hotel?
In Spanish, whenever the preposition de (meaning 'of' or 'from') is followed directly by the masculine article el (meaning 'the'), they automatically combine into the contraction del. This is a mandatory spelling and pronunciation rule to make the phrase flow better.
Why do we use es instead of está to say the picture is pretty?
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