Breakdown of La residencia del campus está abierta.
estar
to be (location/state)
abierto
open
del
of the / from the / about the (topic)
el campus
the campus
la residencia
the residence hall
Questions & Answers about La residencia del campus está abierta.
Why does this sentence use está instead of es with abierta?
With adjectives like abierto (open) and cerrado (closed), estar describes the physical state or condition of the building. If you used es abierta, it would mean the residence hall has an "open-minded" or "outgoing" personality, which does not make sense for a building.
Can residencia refer to a normal private house where someone lives?
While it translates to "residence", in everyday Spanish, a residencia is usually an institution. Here, paired with campus, it clearly means a university "residence hall" or "dormitory" (often called a residencia de estudiantes). It is also frequently used to mean a nursing home (residencia de ancianos). For a regular private home, you would just use casa or domicilio.
The word campus ends in an "s". How do we make it plural if we want to talk about multiple campuses?
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