Breakdown of El hotel está en la avenida.
en
in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)
estar
to be (location/state)
el hotel
the hotel
la avenida
the avenue
Questions & Answers about El hotel está en la avenida.
Why do we use está instead of es in this sentence?
Why does está have an accent mark?
The accent mark tells you to put the emphasis on the last syllable (es-TÁ). It also helps tell it apart from esta, a word without an accent mark that means "this" (like in esta avenida).
Doesn't en usually mean "in"? Why is it translated as "on" here?
The Spanish word en is a handy, multi-purpose word that can mean "in", "on", or "at". Since we say a building is "on" an avenue in English, that is the most natural translation here, even though Spanish just uses its general location word, en.
Is the 'h' in hotel pronounced like it is in English?
No, the letter 'h' is always silent in Spanish. You pronounce hotel exactly as if it were spelled "otel".
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