Breakdown of El jueves es fiesta y las tiendas están cerradas.
ser
to be
y
and
la tienda
the shop
estar
to be (location/state)
Questions & Answers about El jueves es fiesta y las tiendas están cerradas.
Why does the sentence use "el jueves" instead of just "jueves"?
In Spanish, days of the week almost always need a definite article (el or los). While English just says "Thursday is a holiday," Spanish requires the article, making it literally "The Thursday is a holiday."
Doesn't "fiesta" mean "party"? Why does it mean "holiday" here?
Fiesta often means "party," but in Spain it is also the standard word for a public holiday or bank holiday. The set phrase es fiesta means "it is a holiday." If you wanted to say "it is a party," you would usually add an article and say es una fiesta.
Why do we use "están" instead of "son" for "are closed"?
Why is the word for closed "cerradas" and not just "cerrado"?
In Spanish, adjectives must match the noun they describe in both gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural). Because las tiendas (the shops) is a feminine and plural noun, the adjective cerrado changes to its feminine, plural form: cerradas.