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Tienes veintiocho días para el trabajo.

Tienes veintiocho días para el trabajo.
You have twenty-eight days for the work.
From Lesson 41:Compound numbers up to 99 (veintiuno, treinta y uno)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Tienes veintiocho días para el trabajo.

Why is "veintiocho" written as one single word instead of three words?
For numbers in the twenties (21 to 29), Spanish combines them into a single word. You drop the final letter in veinte, replace it with an i (which replaces the word y, meaning "and"), and add the last digit. So veinte and ocho become veintiocho. Higher numbers from 31 upwards stay separated as three words, like treinta y ocho.
I thought words ending in "-a" were feminine. Are we sure "días" is right?
Yes! The word día is a famous rule-breaker. Even though it ends in -a, it is a masculine word. You will always use masculine words with it, such as el día (the day) or los días (the days).
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
It is built right into the verb tienes. In Spanish, you usually do not need to say the pronoun tú (you) because the -es ending on the verb already tells us exactly who has the days.
Why do we use "para" here to say "for"?
The word para is often used to show a purpose, destination, or deadline. In this sentence, the timeframe (twenty-eight days) is given specifically for the purpose of completing el trabajo (the work).

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