Learn Spanish (Spain): Nuestra hija vive en la ciudad.

Nuestra hija vive en la ciudad.

Our daughter lives in the city.

Breakdown of Nuestra hija vive en la ciudad.

la ciudad

the city

in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)

Questions & Answers about Nuestra hija vive en la ciudad.

Why is it Nuestra hija instead of Nuestro hija? Does it mean the speakers are women?

In Spanish, possessive words like nuestro (our) change to match the thing being owned, not the owners! Because hija (daughter) is a feminine word, you must use the feminine form nuestra. It does not matter if the people speaking are men or women.

If they were talking about two daughters, how would this change?

Both the possessive word and the noun would become plural. You would say Nuestras hijas (Our daughters). The verb would also change to the plural form viven (they live).

Why does the verb vive end in -e?

Vive comes from the verb vivir (to live). Because Nuestra hija acts as a "she" (third-person singular), we drop the -ir and add the regular ending -e.

How do we know ciudad is feminine and takes la? It doesn't end in -a.

While many feminine words end in -a, there are other feminine endings too. Most Spanish words that end in -dad, like ciudad (city) or universidad (university), are always feminine. That is why it uses la.