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La comunidad sí que tiene problemas.

La comunidad sí que tiene problemas.
The homeowner association does indeed have problems.
From Lesson 529:Living in a Community·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about La comunidad sí que tiene problemas.

Why does la comunidad mean "the homeowner association" here rather than "the community"?
In Spain, comunidad is the everyday shorthand for comunidad de vecinos or comunidad de propietarios. This refers to the collective group of residents in an apartment building or the homeowners' association that manages it.
What exactly does sí que add to the sentence?
The phrase sí que is used to add strong emphasis to the verb, translating well to "does indeed" or "really". It is often used to contradict a previous statement or to confirm a suspicion.
Could I just write sí instead of sí que before the verb?
You can say la comunidad sí tiene problemas, but adding que is much more common and natural in spoken Spanish in Spain when emphasizing an affirmative verb. It acts as an emphatic bridge between the subject and the verb.
Why doesn't problemas have an article like los before it?
You omit the article here because you are talking about an unspecified quantity of problems, just like in English. If you said tiene los problemas, you would be referring to specific, previously mentioned problems rather than just having problems in general.

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