Word
La radio dice que el presidente va a visitar la región.
Meaning
The radio says that the president is going to visit the region.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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)
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?