How to Say ‘There's no hot water in my apartment.’ in Mexican Spanish
No hay agua caliente en mi departamento.
noh eye AH-gwah kah-LYEN-teh en mee deh-par-tah-MEN-toh
[noh eye AH-gwah kah-LYEN-teh en mee deh-par-tah-MEN-toh]
Phrase Breakdown
No hay agua caliente
noh eye AH-gwah kah-LYEN-teh
There's no hot water
'Hay' sounds like English 'eye' and means 'there is/are'. 'Caliente' means hot: 'kah-LYEN-teh'.
No hay agua caliente hoy.
There's no hot water today.
Words in this phrase
No
[noh]
not
Used to make a word or group of words negative.
No voy a ir.
I am not going.
hay
[eye]
there is / there are
Form of haber used to say that something exists or is available.
Aquí hay una buena oportunidad para ti.
Here there is a good opportunity for you.
agua
[AH-gwah]
water
Feminine noun, but uses 'el' in the singular because it starts with a stressed 'a'.
El agua está fría.
The water is cold.
caliente
[kah-LYEN-teh]
hot
Adjective for something with high temperature.
Quiero un café caliente.
I want a hot coffee.
en mi departamento.
en mee deh-par-tah-MEN-toh
in my apartment.
Says where the problem is. Keep 'en mi' short and unstressed, then stress 'MEN' in 'departamento'.
Hace frío en mi departamento.
It's cold in my apartment.
Words in this phrase
en
[en]
in
A preposition meaning inside, within, or as part of something.
«En» ubica la acción dentro de «En un equipo».
“En” places the action within “In a team.”
mi
[mee]
my
Used to show possession, belonging to the speaker.
Mi coche es azul.
My car is blue.
departamento
[deh-par-tah-MEN-toh]
apartment
Mexican word for an apartment.
Mi departamento está en el tercer piso.
My apartment is on the third floor.
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