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Los turistas visitan la catedral.

Los turistas visitan la catedral.
The tourists visit the cathedral.
From Lesson 28:Sightseeing (la plaza, la catedral)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Los turistas visitan la catedral.

visitar
to visit
la catedral
the cathedral
el turista
the tourist

Questions & Answers about Los turistas visitan la catedral.

Why does turistas end in an 'a' if it uses the masculine word los?
Words ending in -ista, like turista, are used for both men and women. You change the article (the word for 'the') to show who you mean. El turista is a male tourist, la turista is a female tourist, and los turistas means a group of male or mixed-gender tourists.
Why isn't there an 'a' after visitan, like in 'visitan a la catedral'?
In Spanish, you only add an a (called the personal 'a') when the action is being done to a specific person or a pet. Because la catedral is a building and not a person, we don't use the personal 'a' here.
How do we know to use visitan instead of another form of the verb?
The verb is visitar (to visit). Because the subject is a plural group (the tourists, which equals 'they'), we drop the -ar and add the present tense ending for 'they', which is -an.
Is catedral always a feminine word?
Yes! While words ending in -al can be either masculine or feminine in Spanish, catedral is always feminine. That is why it uses la instead of el.

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