Word
Durante el verano trabajo en un hotel.
Meaning
During the summer I work in a hotel.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Durante el verano trabajo en un hotel.
un
a, an, some
trabajar
to work
en
in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)
el hotel
the hotel
Questions & Answers about Durante el verano trabajo en un hotel.
Why is there an "el" before "verano"?
In Spanish, you almost always need a definite article (el, la, los, las) before the names of seasons. So "summer" becomes el verano.
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
Doesn't trabajo mean "job" instead of "I work"?
It can be both! El trabajo is a noun meaning "the job" or "the work". But trabajo is also the "I" form of the verb trabajar (to work). You can tell it is the verb here because there is no article like el or un in front of it.
Why use en here instead of a different word for "at"?
The preposition en is very flexible in Spanish. It covers "in," "on," and "at" in English. When talking about a location where an action happens, like working at a hotel, en is the perfect word to use.