Breakdown of El autobús va muy lento hoy.
Questions & Answers about El autobús va muy lento hoy.
Why does va mean 'goes' if the dictionary verb for 'to go' is ir?
The verb ir (to go) is completely irregular in Spanish, meaning it doesn't follow the normal pattern of taking off the ending and adding a new one. For 'he', 'she', or 'it' (like the bus), the correct form is va. You just have to memorize these forms as you learn them! Shouldn't it be lentamente (slowly) instead of lento (slow)?
You can definitely say lentamente, but in everyday Spanish, it is very common to just use the adjective lento to mean 'slowly'. This shortcut happens a lot with verbs of movement like ir (to go). Why does the word autobús have an accent mark on the u?
In Spanish, words that end in s normally have the spoken stress on the second-to-last syllable. Because the emphasis in autobús falls on the very last syllable instead, we need a written accent mark to break the rule and show exactly where to stress it. How do I pronounce the h in hoy?
The letter h is always completely silent in Spanish. You pronounce hoy exactly as if it were written oy, sounding very much like the English word 'boy'. Learn El autobús va muy lento hoy and more in Spanish
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