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¿Dónde está la tienda donde compras el pan?

¿Dónde está la tienda donde compras el pan?
Where is the shop where you buy the bread?
From Lesson 171:The place where (donde)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Dónde está la tienda donde compras el pan?

Why does the first Dónde have an accent mark, but the second donde doesn't?
The first Dónde is a question word meaning "where", and all question words in Spanish need an accent mark. The second donde simply connects two parts of the sentence (meaning "the place where"), so it doesn't take an accent.
Why do we use está instead of es for "is the shop"?
We use the verb estar (here as está) because we are asking about the physical location of the shop. A helpful rule to remember is that estar is used for where things are located, even if that location is permanent.
In English I might just say "where you buy bread", so why does Spanish use el pan here?
In Spanish, you usually need to use the definite article (el, la, los, las) when talking about nouns in a general sense. So the general action of "buying bread" translates to comprar el pan.
Why is there no word for "you" before compras?
In Spanish, the ending of the verb tells you who is doing the action. The -as ending on compras already means "you buy" for one person informally, so adding the pronoun tú is unnecessary unless you want to add special emphasis.

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