Learn Spanish (Spain): Viajo veinticuatro días. - I travel for twenty-four days.

Viajo veinticuatro días.

I travel for twenty-four days.

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Questions & Answers about Viajo veinticuatro días.

Why is veinticuatro written as one word instead of three?

In Spanish, numbers from 21 to 29 are combined into a single word. You take veinte (twenty), change the final e to an i, and attach the second number. So, veinte and cuatro becomes veinticuatro. This is different from numbers 31 and higher, which use separate words like treinta y cuatro.

The English translation says "travel for twenty-four days", but there is no word for "for" in the Spanish sentence. Is that correct?

Yes! In Spanish, you often do not need a word like por or durante to express how long an action lasts. You can just state the amount of time directly, like Viajo veinticuatro días.

Since días ends in -as, isn't it a feminine word?

Día is a famous exception to the rule that words ending in -a are feminine. It is actually a masculine word (el día), making its plural los días. Numbers like veinticuatro do not change their spelling based on gender, but this is still an important rule to remember!

How do we know who is traveling if the word yo (I) isn't in the sentence?

The ending of the verb tells you who is doing the action. Viajo comes from the verb viajar (to travel). The -o ending specifically means "I" am doing the action, so the pronoun yo is completely optional.