Word
El martes visito la segunda planta.
Meaning
On Tuesday I visit the second floor.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of El martes visito la segunda planta.
visitar
to visit
el martes
the Tuesday
la planta
the floor (of a building)
segundo
second
Questions & Answers about El martes visito la segunda planta.
Why is it segunda with an 'a' instead of segundo?
Ordinal numbers act like adjectives, so they must match the noun they describe in gender and number. Because planta (floor) is feminine and singular, the masculine segundo changes to the feminine segunda.
Why does segunda come before planta? I thought adjectives usually go after the noun.
You are right that most descriptive adjectives go after the noun in Spanish. However, ordinal numbers (like primera, segunda, and tercera) are exceptions to this rule and almost always go before the noun.
Why does the sentence use el martes instead of a word for 'on' to say 'on Tuesday'?
In Spanish, you never use a preposition like 'on' for days of the week. Instead, you just use the definite article el for a single day, or los for recurring days. So, el martes simply translates to 'on Tuesday'.
The visit is happening on Tuesday, so why use the present tense visito?
Just like in English, Spanish very frequently uses the present tense to talk about future events as long as they are already planned, scheduled, or happening soon.
Doesn't planta mean 'plant'?