Word
La corporación en la que trabajamos todavía es pequeña.
Meaning
The corporation in which we work is still small.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of La corporación en la que trabajamos todavía es pequeña.
ser
to be
pequeño
small
trabajar
to work
en
in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)
Questions & Answers about La corporación en la que trabajamos todavía es pequeña.
Why did we use en la que here instead of en quien, which we just learned in this lesson?
The relative pronoun quien is strictly for people. Because la corporación is a thing, we use the definite article plus que after the preposition instead. Since the word is feminine and singular, it becomes la que.
Is it possible to just say en que without the la?
Yes! With simple prepositions like en, de, and con referring to things, you can often drop the article. Saying la corporación en que trabajamos is perfectly correct, though en la que is very natural and common in everyday speech.
Since the corporation is going to grow, shouldn't we use está pequeña instead of es pequeña?