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Los médicos siempre trabajan mucho.

Los médicos siempre trabajan mucho.
The doctors always work a lot.
From Lesson 8:Regular '-ar' verbs (-o, -as, -a...)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Los médicos siempre trabajan mucho.

el médico
the doctor
trabajar
to work
mucho
a lot
siempre
always

Questions & Answers about Los médicos siempre trabajan mucho.

Why does the verb end in '-an' in trabajan?
Trabajan comes from the regular verb trabajar (to work). Because the subject is los médicos (which is a 'they' or ellos subject), we drop the '-ar' ending and add '-an' to match.
Why doesn't mucho change to muchos to match the plural los médicos?
In this sentence, mucho is an adverb meaning 'a lot.' It describes how much the doctors work, not the doctors themselves. Adverbs never change for gender or plural. If you wanted to say 'many doctors,' then it would act as a describing word (adjective) and match: muchos médicos.
Why is there an accent mark on médicos?
The accent mark tells you to put the spoken stress on that specific syllable: ME-di-cos. Without this written accent, the standard rules of Spanish pronunciation would make you stress the second-to-last syllable instead (me-DI-cos).
Does siempre have to go exactly where it is in this sentence?
Not necessarily! Spanish word order is quite flexible. While placing siempre (always) right before the verb is very natural and matches English perfectly here, it is also completely fine to put it at the end: Los médicos trabajan mucho siempre.

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