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Trabajo con el ordenador.

Trabajo con el ordenador.
I work with the computer.
From Lesson 42:Phone, computer and email·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Trabajo con el ordenador.

Why is there no word for "I" before trabajo?
In Spanish, the ending of the verb usually tells you who is doing the action. The -o ending in trabajo already means "I work," so you don't need to add the pronoun yo (I) unless you want to emphasize it.
I learned that "computer" is computadora. Is ordenador different?
They both mean "computer," but ordenador is the word commonly used in Spain, while computadora is used in most of Latin America.
Can trabajo also mean "a job"?
Yes! Trabajo can be the verb form meaning "I work", like in this sentence, but it is also a noun meaning "job" or "work" (as in el trabajo). You can tell it is a verb here because it describes the action the speaker is doing.
Why does ordenador use el instead of la?
Ordenador is a masculine noun, so it needs the masculine word for "the", which is el. Nouns ending in -dor are almost always masculine in Spanish.

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