Questions & Answers about ¿Dónde está tu medicina?
Why do we use está here instead of es?
Both verbs mean "to be", but we use estar (and its form está) to talk about locations. When you are asking where something is physically located, you always use estar, never ser. Why does está have an accent mark on the last letter?
The accent mark shows that you should stress the last syllable. It is also crucial because without it, the word esta means "this" (as in "this medicine"). The accent tells us it is the verb meaning "is". Why doesn't tu have an accent mark here? I thought the word for "you" was tú.
You are right that tú with an accent means "you" (the person). However, tu without an accent means "your" (showing ownership). Since the sentence says "your medicine", we use the unaccented tu. Since medicina is a feminine word, shouldn't tu change to be feminine too?
The possessive word tu is exactly the same for both masculine and feminine nouns. It only changes if the noun is plural, where it becomes tus. Because you are only asking about one medicine, we just use tu. Learn ¿Dónde está tu medicina and more in Spanish
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