Learn Spanish (Spain): La cocina está sucia. La ordenamos hoy. - The kitchen is dirty. We are tidying it today.

The first La is a feminine article meaning "the" (La cocina). The second La is a direct object pronoun meaning "it". Because cocina is a feminine noun, we use la to replace it in the second sentence so we don't have to say "the kitchen" again.

Why does it say La ordenamos instead of putting the "it" after the verb like in English?

In English, we put the object "it" after the verb ("tidying it"). In Spanish, when you use a direct object pronoun like la, it must go immediately before the conjugated verb (La ordenamos).

The English translation says "We are tidying". Why don't we use a Spanish "-ing" word here?

In Spanish, the simple present tense (ordenamos, meaning "we tidy") is frequently used to talk about actions happening right now or plans for the near future, especially with words like hoy (today). It is a perfectly natural way to express "We are tidying it today" in Spanish without needing a complex tense.

Why is it está sucia instead of es sucia?

We use está (from the verb estar) because being dirty is a temporary state or condition, not a permanent characteristic of the kitchen. The adjective sucia (dirty) ends in -a because it has to match la cocina, which is a feminine noun.