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Sentence explanations

1. ¿Caminar es tu pasatiempo?

   Is walking your hobby?

   Caminar

   to walk; walking

   es

   is

   tu

   your

   pasatiempo

   hobby

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   Caminar is the infinitive “to walk.” Spanish infinitives can function as the subject of a sentence, so here caminar means “walking” as an activity. Example: Leer es útil. — “Reading is useful.” es is the third-person singular present form of ser, “to be.” It links the activity to the description or identification that follows. The subject is the activity caminar, which is treated as singular. The form chain is ser → es; for example, Cocinar es divertido. means “Cooking is fun.” tu means “your” for one person being addressed. As a possessive determiner, it is used here with the singular possessed noun pasatiempo; its plural form is tus, as in tus pasatiempos. It does not change for the gender of the singular noun. Compare tu pasatiempo (“your hobby”) with tú (“you”), the subject pronoun, which has an accent. pasatiempo is a noun meaning “hobby” or “pastime.” Its plural is pasatiempos. Together, ¿Caminar es tu pasatiempo? asks whether walking is the addressee’s hobby. The structure is reusable as ¿X es tu Y?, meaning “Is X your Y?” Here X is the activity caminar and Y is pasatiempo.

2. Me gusta salir a caminar en mi tiempo libre.

   I like going for walks in my free time.

   Me gusta

   I like

   salir

   to go out

   caminar

   to walk

   tiempo

   time

   libre

   free

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   Me gusta literally presents the liked activity from the speaker’s perspective: me is the first-person singular indirect-object pronoun, “to me,” and gusta is a form of gustar. With an infinitive or infinitive phrase as the thing liked, Spanish uses singular gusta: Me gusta leer = “I like reading.” With a plural noun, the form is gustan: Me gustan los libros = “I like books.” salir is the infinitive “to go out” or “to leave.” Here it is part of the reusable pattern salir a + infinitive, meaning “to go out to do something.” The following caminar specifies the activity: salir a caminar means “to go out for a walk.” caminar is the infinitive “to walk.” As an infinitive, it does not mark a subject or tense by itself. For example, Quiero caminar means “I want to walk.” tiempo means “time” here. Its base form is the masculine singular noun tiempo; the plural is tiempos when more than one kind or period of time is meant. The phrase tiempo libre means “free time.” libre means “free” in this phrase and describes tiempo. It is singular here, matching the singular noun; libres is the plural form. Unlike many Spanish adjectives, libre has the same form for masculine and feminine singular nouns: tiempo libre, hora libre. The remaining short words connect the chunks: en means “in,” and mi means “my.” Thus en mi tiempo libre means “in my free time.” Together, Me gusta salir a caminar en mi tiempo libre means “I like going for walks in my free time.” The structure is Me gusta + [activity] + [time or circumstance]: the activity is salir a caminar, and en mi tiempo libre states when it happens.

3. ¿Adónde vas normalmente?

   Where do you usually go?

   Adónde

   where to

   vas

   you go

   normalmente

   usually

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   Adónde asks about a destination: “where to?” The written accent marks it as an interrogative word. Compare dónde (“where?”) when asking about location: ¿Dónde caminas? means “Where do you walk?”, while ¿Adónde vas? asks where you are going. vas is the second-person singular present form of ir (“to go”), used here with the subject tú: tú vas. The present form can describe a current or habitual action. For comparison, va is used with él, ella, or formal singular usted, and van with ellos, ellas, or plural ustedes. normalmente means “usually” and indicates that the question concerns what generally happens, not necessarily one specific trip. It is an adverb and does not change form for the person or number of the subject. Together, ¿Adónde vas asks for the destination of the listener’s going, and normalmente makes the question habitual: “Where do you usually go?”

4. Camino en el parque.

   I walk in the park.

   Camino

   I walk

   parque

   park

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   Camino means “I walk” here. It is the first-person singular present form of caminar: camino = “I walk,” caminas = “you walk,” and camina = “he/she/you formal walks.” The same spelling can also be the noun “path” or “route,” but the fixed translation identifies the verb meaning in this sentence. Example: Camino todos los días. — “I walk every day.” parque means “park.” It is a noun; its plural is parques. In this sentence, el is the singular masculine definite article, and en el parque is the reusable pattern “in the park.” Example: Leo en el parque. — “I read in the park.” The sentence combines camino (“I walk”) with en el parque (“in the park”), so Camino en el parque. means “I walk in the park.”

5. ¿Es largo el camino?

   Is the route long?

   ¿Es

   is ...?

   largo

   long

   camino

   route

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   ¿Es begins a yes/no question. es is the third-person singular present form of ser (“to be”); here it links the subject to a property. Spanish commonly places this verb before the subject in a question: ¿Es ...? means “Is ...?” largo is the adjective “long.” In this sentence it is masculine singular because it describes el camino: largo (masculine singular), larga (feminine singular), largos (masculine plural), and largas (feminine plural). Its comparative is más largo, “longer.” Example: El viaje es más largo. — “The trip is longer.” camino is the noun “route” here, referring to the route in the fixed translation. It can also be a verb form meaning “I walk” from caminar, but that is a different use; the article el identifies the noun use in this sentence. Example: El camino es corto. — “The route is short.” Together, ¿Es largo el camino? forms a yes/no question: es asks whether the route has the property largo, and el camino is the subject. The complete meaning is “Is the route long?”

6. Es un paseo corto y fácil.

   It is a short, easy walk.

   Es

   is / it is

   paseo

   walk

   corto

   short

   fácil

   easy

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   Es is the third-person singular present form of ser (“to be”). Here it means “is,” with the subject understood from the situation rather than explicitly named. Example: El paseo es corto. — “The walk is short.” paseo is a masculine singular noun meaning “walk” here. It can also refer to a stroll or outing in other contexts. The article un agrees with it: un paseo. An indefinite article does not by itself state a numerical count; it presents the noun as an unspecified walk. Example: Damos un paseo. — “We take a walk.” corto means “short.” It is the masculine singular form of the adjective corto, agreeing with masculine singular paseo. The related forms are corta with a feminine singular noun and cortos/cortas with plural nouns. Example: una ruta corta — “a short route.” fácil means “easy.” In the singular, this adjective has the same form with masculine and feminine nouns: un paseo fácil, una ruta fácil. Its plural is fáciles: paseos fáciles — “easy walks.” y joins the two descriptions: corto y fácil means “short and easy.” The adjective corto agrees with paseo; fácil describes the same noun and does not change for its gender in the singular. Together, Es un paseo corto y fácil means “It is a short, easy walk.” The structure is reusable as Es un/una + noun + adjective + y + adjective, with each adjective describing the noun and agreeing with it where the language requires.

7. Suena relajante.

   That sounds relaxing.

   Suena

   sounds

   relajante

   relaxing

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   Suena is the third-person singular present form of sonar (“to sound”). In this sentence, it evaluates something as perceived by the speaker: “it/that sounds …”. The subject is not stated in the Spanish, so suena can refer to whatever idea or thing is being discussed. Example: La música suena bien. — “The music sounds good.” Relajante is an adjective meaning “relaxing”: it describes something that produces a calming effect. It has the same form with a singular masculine or feminine noun; its plural is relajantes. This is different from relajado/relajada, which describes someone or something as relaxed. Example: La caminata es relajante. — “The walk is relaxing.” Together, Suena + relajante means “That sounds relaxing.” The adjective follows the verb sonar and describes the impression created by the unstated subject. In the supplied exchange, the translation identifies that subject as “that,” without requiring it to be named again in this sentence.

8. Podemos ir allí juntos.

   We can go there together.

   Podemos

   we can

   ir

   go

   allí

   there

   juntos

   together

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   Podemos is the first-person plural present form of poder, “to be able to” or “can.” In this sentence it expresses ability or possibility for “we.” The pattern podemos + infinitive is reusable: Podemos salir. = “We can go out.” ir means “to go.” It is an infinitive, so it stays in this form after podemos; the person and number are carried by podemos, not by ir. Poder + infinitive commonly means “can” or “be able to do something.” allí is a demonstrative adverb meaning “there,” referring to a place understood from the situation. It does not name the place itself. For a closer location, Spanish commonly uses aquí, “here.” juntos means “together” here and also agrees with the group described by “we.” Its masculine plural form can refer to a group of males or a mixed-gender group; for an all-female group, the corresponding form is juntas. The adverbial meaning is that the participants go as a group. Together, podemos ir means “we can go,” allí specifies the destination as “there,” and juntos adds “together.” The complete utterance is: “We can go there together.”