Breakdown of La radio dice que el presidente va a visitar la región.
ir
to go
a
to
visitar
to visit
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
decir
to say / to tell
la radio
the radio
la región
the region
el presidente
the president
Questions & Answers about La radio dice que el presidente va a visitar la región.
Why is it la radio and not el radio if the word ends in 'o'?
Usually, Spanish words ending in 'o' are masculine. However, la radio is feminine because it is actually a shortened form of the word la radiodifusión (broadcasting). Words ending in -sión or -ción are feminine. Note that el radio does exist, but it means the geometric radius or the chemical element radium.
After dice que (says that), why don't we use the subjunctive mood for the following verb?
We use the indicative mood (va) here because the verb decir is being used to report a fact or piece of information. If the radio were giving a command or trying to influence an outcome (for example, 'The radio says that the president MUST visit'), we would use the subjunctive. Since it is just stating what will happen, the indicative is correct.
Could I say visitará instead of va a visitar?
Yes! The phrase va a visitar uses the structure ir a plus an infinitive, which translates to 'is going to visit'. You could also use the formal future tense visitará (will visit). In everyday spoken Spanish in Spain, the ir a structure is extremely common for near-future plans like this one.
Why does región have a written accent mark?
By default, Spanish words ending in -n, -s, or a vowel are stressed on the second-to-last syllable. Since the spoken stress in región falls on the final syllable (re-GIÓN), it needs a written accent mark to break the standard rule. As a bonus tip, almost all nouns ending in -ión are feminine, which is why it takes the article la.
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