Breakdown of Mi hermano está llorando porque no está jugando al videojuego.
no
no / not
el hermano
the brother
estar
to be (location/state)
porque
because
Questions & Answers about Mi hermano está llorando porque no está jugando al videojuego.
How do we form 'is crying' and 'is playing' in this sentence?
Where does the negative word no go when a verb has two parts like está jugando?
Why do we say jugando al videojuego instead of just jugando el videojuego?
In Spanish, when you play a sport or a game, you always use the verb jugar followed by the preposition a. Because videojuego is a masculine noun, the a combines with the word el (the) to form the mandatory contraction al.