Tienes que facturar tu equipaje antes del vuelo.
You have to check in your luggage before the flight.
Breakdown of Tienes que facturar tu equipaje antes del vuelo.
de
of
tener
to have
tu
your (singular)
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
el vuelo
the flight
el equipaje
the luggage
antes
before
facturar
to check in (luggage)
Questions & Answers about Tienes que facturar tu equipaje antes del vuelo.
Doesn't facturar usually mean to invoice or to bill?
If I am checking in multiple bags, shouldn't it be tus equipajes?
No, equipaje works just like the English words luggage or baggage. It is a singular, uncountable noun that refers to all your bags collectively, no matter how many you have. Also, remember that Spanish nouns ending in -aje are almost always masculine.
Why is it antes del vuelo instead of just antes el vuelo?
To say 'before' a noun in Spanish, you must use the prepositional phrase antes de. Because the word for flight (vuelo) is masculine, it uses the article el. When the preposition de and the article el end up right next to each other, they combine to form the mandatory contraction del.
Could I use debes instead of tienes que to say 'you have to'?
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