Questions & Answers about El actor y la actriz bailan.
Why doesn't actriz end in -a if it's a feminine word?
In Spanish, not all feminine words end in -a. The masculine word is actor, and its feminine form is actriz. This is similar to English, where we change actor to actress instead of just adding a standard ending. You can tell it is feminine because it is paired with the feminine article la.
Why is the verb bailan used here instead of baila?
If I wanted to replace the actor and the actress with a pronoun, would I use ellos or ellas?
You would use ellos. In Spanish, when you have a mixed group of males and females, you always use the masculine plural pronoun ellos for the whole group.
How do I pronounce the z in actriz in Latin American Spanish?
In Latin America, the letter z always sounds exactly like an English s. So actriz sounds like ahk-TREES. In Spain, it is often pronounced with a th sound, but you do not need to do that for Latin American Spanish.
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