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Él es el niño y ella es la niña.

Él es el niño y ella es la niña.
He is the boy and she is the girl.
From Lesson 1:Singular subjects and 'ser' (yo soy, esto es)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Él es el niño y ella es la niña.

Why does the first Él have an accent mark, but the second el does not?
Él with an accent is a subject pronoun meaning 'he', while el without an accent is the masculine word for 'the'. The accent mark is used here specifically to help you tell these two identical-sounding words apart in writing.
How do I know whether to use el or la for the English word 'the'?
In Spanish, all nouns have a grammatical gender. You use el for masculine nouns, which often end in 'o' like niño (boy), and la for feminine nouns, which often end in 'a' like niña (girl).
How is the double L in ella pronounced?
In Spain, the double L makes a sound similar to the English 'y' in 'yes'. So, ella is pronounced very much like 'EH-yah'.
Why do both halves of the sentence use the exact same verb form, es?
The verb es means 'is'. It is the form of the verb ser (to be) that goes with third-person singular subjects. Because él (he) and ella (she) both belong to this 'he/she/it' category, they share the exact same verb form.

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