Our World
Continents and rivers
When you talk about where something is, you use está (NOT es) to mean ‘it is’.
el mundo - the world
un continente - a continent
Está en (el continente de) … - It’s in (the continent of) …
Asia - Asia
Australasia - Australasia
Europa - Europe
América del Sur - South America
América del Norte - North America
Oceanía - Oceania
África - Africa
Did you notice that you don’t have to use la with all of the continents above? Only Antartica uses la.
La Antártida - Antarctica
All of the continents are FEMININE. So if you describe them, you need to use a FEMININE ADJECTIVE eg la Antártida es fríA.
La Antártida es fría. - Antarctica is cold.
Then there are rivers – los ríos. All rivers are MASCULINE.
el Nilo - the Nile
el Ganges - the Ganges
el Yangtsé - the Yangzte
el Amazonas - the Amazon
el Támesis - the Thames
When you want to say ‘it’s on the river …’ (eg 'it's on the river Nile') you don’t need to say el with the name of the river because you already use it in el río.
Está en el río Nilo. - It’s on the River Nile.
You can say that something is 'the biggest' using the phrase el / la más grande.
For example:
El Támesis es un río y el Nilo es un río. - The Thames is a river and the Nile is a river.
El Nilo es el más grande. - The Nile is the biggest.
