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El gato está en la ventana.

El gato está en la ventana.
The cat is in the window.
From Lesson 11:Locative adverbs (aquí, allí)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El gato está en la ventana.

Why do we use está instead of es here?
We use está because we are talking about location. In Spanish, you always use the verb estar (to be) rather than ser to say where someone or something is located.
Does en mean in, on, or at?
It can mean all three! In Spanish, en is a very useful preposition that covers in, on, and at. Here, en la ventana could mean the cat is in the window or sitting on the windowsill.
How would I use words from this lesson, like aquí (here), with this sentence?
You can simply place aquí after the verb to specify the location further. For example, El gato está aquí en la ventana means The cat is here in the window.
Do el gato and la ventana need to match in masculine/feminine gender?
No, they do not. Each noun has its own fixed gender. Gato is masculine, so it uses el. Ventana is feminine, so it uses la. Nouns in a sentence do not change their gender to match each other.

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