Learn Spanish (Spain): El gato bebe leche.

El gato bebe leche.

The cat drinks milk.

Breakdown of El gato bebe leche.

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Questions & Answers about El gato bebe leche.

Why does the verb beber change to bebe here?

Beber (to drink) is a regular -er verb. Because the subject is el gato (the cat, which counts as "he" or "it"), we drop the -er ending and add -e to make bebe. If you were talking about yourself, it would be bebo (I drink).

Is the word leche masculine or feminine?

It is feminine (la leche). Many Spanish words ending in -a are feminine and those ending in -o are masculine, but words ending in -e can be either. You just have to memorize that leche is feminine!

Why isn't there an article like la before leche?

Just like in English, when you are talking about an unspecified amount of something in Spanish, you often leave out the article. "The cat drinks milk" translates directly to El gato bebe leche.

How would the verb change if the sentence was about multiple cats?

The subject would become los gatos (the cats). For a plural subject ("they"), the regular -er verb ending is -en. So the sentence would become Los gatos beben leche.