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How to Say ‘Stairs are still hard for me’ in Mexican Spanish

Las escaleras todavía me cuestan

lahs es-kah-LEH-rahs toh-dah-VEE-ah meh KWES-tahn

[lahs es-kah-LEH-rahs toh-dah-VEE-ah meh KWES-tahn]

Phrase Breakdown

Las escaleras

lahs es-kah-LEH-rahs

The stairs

Article plus noun. Link the 's' of 'las' to 'escaleras': lah-ses-kah-LEH-rahs.

Example

Las escaleras son muy altas.

The stairs are very high.

Words in this phrase

Las

[lahs]

the

Plural definite article used with plural nouns like 'gracias.'

Example

"las" palabras de tu mensaje fueron muy profesionales.

The words in your message were very professional.

escaleras

[es-kah-LEH-rahs]

stairs

Steps for going up or down floors.

Example

Subo las escaleras despacio.

I go up the stairs slowly.

todavía me cuestan

toh-dah-VEE-ah meh KWES-tahn

are still hard for me

The verb is plural, 'cuestan', because it agrees with 'escaleras'. Stress VEE in 'todavía'.

Example

Esos ejercicios todavía me cuestan.

Those exercises are still hard for me.

Words in this phrase

todavía

[toh-dah-VEE-ah]

still

Continuing to be something; even now or then.

Example

Todavía está lloviendo.

It's still raining.

[meh]

to me

Indirect object pronoun showing who is affected or who cares.

Example

En «Me importa mucho.», «Me» indica a la persona que siente interés.

In “It matters to me a lot,” “Me” shows the person who cares.

cuestan

[KWES-tahn]

are hard (for)

From 'costar'; with an indirect object it means something is difficult for someone.

Example

Me cuestan las matemáticas.

Math is hard for me.

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