Learn Spanish (Spain): El tranvía no va a la estación. - The tram does not go to the station.

While most Spanish words ending in -a are feminine, there are some common exceptions. Tranvía (tram) is masculine, which is why it uses el instead of la.

Why is there an accent mark on the "i" in tranvía?

The written accent tells you to put the stress on the "i" and breaks the vowels into two separate syllables (tran-VEE-ah) instead of blending them together.

Does the negative word no always go right before the verb?

Yes! In Spanish, to make a sentence negative, you simply put no immediately before the verb. Here, it goes right before va (goes).

Why is it a la estación? Wouldn't "to the" be al?

You only combine a (to) and el (masculine the) into the word al. Because estación is feminine, it uses la, and the words a la stay separate.

Is there an easy rule to remember that estación is feminine?

Yes! Almost all Spanish nouns that end in -ción (like estación, canción, or información) are feminine.