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El reloj del salón es viejo.

El reloj del salón es viejo.
The clock in the living room is old.
From Lesson 49:Telling time (es la, son las)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El reloj del salón es viejo.

Does reloj mean "clock" or "watch"?
It means both! Spanish uses the same word for a clock on the wall and a watch on your wrist. Since this reloj belongs to the living room (el salón), we know it's a clock.
Why does the sentence use del instead of en el to mean "in the"?
While you could say en el salón (in the living room), Spanish frequently uses de (of) to show that an object belongs to a specific room. Literally, it translates to "the clock of the living room."
Wait, what exactly is del?
It is a mandatory contraction. Whenever the word de (of/from) is followed immediately by el (the masculine word for "the"), they combine into del. You will never write de el as two separate words.
Why do we use es (from the verb ser) here?
This lesson uses ser to tell time, but ser is also used to describe permanent or lasting characteristics. Because being old (viejo) is considered a fundamental trait of this particular clock, we use es rather than está.

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