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Sentence

Ya es hora de acostar a los niños

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

It's time to put the children to bed



Analysis


ya
     1. adv. now
     2. adv. already, yet
     3. adv. in the near future; soon
     4. adv. immediately
     5. adv. anymore; no longer
     6. adv. (emphatic) (emphatic (similar to the use of English "so" or "oh" as an interjection))
     7. adv. (in negatives) only
     8. adv. (before pero) yes
     9. adv. (before que) since, now
     10. adv. OK
     11. conj. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else)
     12. conj. whether (something) or (something else)
     13. interj. come on!, let's go!
     14. interj. (colloquial) (used to acknowledge or dismiss the previous statement)
es
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is
     2. n. plural of e
     ser
          1. v. to be (essentially or identified as)
          2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense)
          3. v. to exist; to occur
          4. n-m. a being, organism
          5. n-m. nature, essence
          6. n-m. value, worth
     e
          1. conj. and
hora
     1. n-f. hour (a time period of sixty minutes)
     2. n-f. time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device)
     3. n-f. high time (usually with "ya")
     4. n-f. (education) hour, period (of class)
     5. n-f. (Spain, colloquial) appointment (e.g. with the doctor)
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
     3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
     4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
     5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
     6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
     7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
     8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
     9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
     10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
     11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
     12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
     13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
     14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
acostar
     1. v. to lay
     2. v. to put to bed
     3. v. (nautical) to land, put in, berth
     4. v. to arrive at the coast
     5. v. to go to bed, to lie down
     6. v. to sleep with
a
     1. prep. to
     2. prep. by
     3. prep. at
     4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
los
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
     3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun
niños
     1. n. plural of niño Boys or children.
     niño
          1. n-m. child; boy, girl




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