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Spanish Text:
Una casa en Salónica. Alguien en la casa ha intentado dar al balcón un aspecto alegre. Sin duda, a esta persona le resultará fácil decirle a un nuevo conocido dónde vive.

English Translation:
A house in Thessaloniki. Someone in the house has tried to give the balcony a cheerful look. It is certainly easy for this person to tell a new acquaintance where he lives!

Grammar Notes:
Spanish Grammar Lesson: Understanding the Sentence

### Sentence: Una casa en Salónica. Alguien en la casa ha intentado dar al balcón un aspecto alegre. Sin duda, a esta persona le resultará fácil decirle a un nuevo conocido dónde vive.
Translation: "A house in Thessaloniki. Someone in the house has tried to give the balcony a cheerful look. Without a doubt, it will be easy for this person to tell a new acquaintance where they live."

### Word-by-Word Breakdown

1. Una casa
- Meaning: "A house"
- Infinitive: Not applicable, as *una* is an article, and *casa* is a noun.
- Grammar: *Una* is the feminine singular indefinite article, meaning "a" or "an." *Casa* is a feminine noun meaning "house."

2. En
- Meaning: "In" or "on" (preposition)
- Infinitive: Not applicable, as *en* is a preposition.
- Grammar: This preposition is used to indicate location or position.

3. Salónica
- Meaning: "Thessaloniki" (a city in Greece)
- Infinitive: Not applicable, as *Salónica* is a proper noun.
- Grammar: Proper noun, no additional modifications needed.

4. Alguien
- Meaning: "Someone"
- Infinitive: Not applicable, as *alguien* is a pronoun.
- Grammar: An indefinite pronoun that refers to an unspecified person.

5. Ha intentado
- Meaning: "Has tried"
- Infinitive: *Intentar* ("to try")
- Grammar: This is the present perfect tense. *Ha* is the third-person singular of *haber* ("to have"), used to form the perfect tense, combined with *intentado*, the past participle of *intentar*.

6. Dar
- Meaning: "To give"
- Infinitive: *Dar*
- Grammar: Used here in the infinitive form to express an attempt "to give" something a certain quality or appearance.

7. Al balcón
- Meaning: "To the balcony"
- Infinitive: Not applicable, as *balcón* is a noun.
- Grammar: *Al* is a contraction of *a* ("to") and *el* ("the"), used here to indicate the balcony as the indirect object.

8. Un aspecto alegre
- Meaning: "A cheerful look"
- Infinitive: Not applicable, as this is a noun phrase.
- Grammar: *Un* is the masculine singular indefinite article, meaning "a." *Aspecto* is a masculine noun meaning "look" or "appearance," and *alegre* is an adjective meaning "cheerful."

9. Sin duda
- Meaning: "Without a doubt"
- Infinitive: Not applicable, as this is a phrase.
- Grammar: *Sin* is a preposition meaning "without," and *duda* is a feminine noun meaning "doubt."

10. A esta persona
- Meaning: "To this person"
- Infinitive: Not applicable, as this is a noun phrase.
- Grammar: *A* indicates direction or the indirect object. *Esta* is a demonstrative adjective meaning "this," modifying *persona*, a feminine noun meaning "person."

11. Le resultará fácil
- Meaning: "It will be easy for them" (literally, "it will result easy to them")
- Infinitive: *Resultar* ("to result," "to turn out")
- Grammar: *Le* is an indirect object pronoun referring to "them" or "for them." *Resultará* is the future tense of *resultar*, meaning "will be" or "will turn out."

12. Decirle
- Meaning: "To tell them"
- Infinitive: *Decir* ("to say" or "to tell")
- Grammar: *Decir* is in the infinitive form. *Le* is the indirect object pronoun attached to the infinitive, meaning "to them" or "to tell them."

13. A un nuevo conocido
- Meaning: "To a new acquaintance"
- Infinitive: Not applicable, as this is a noun phrase.
- Grammar: *A* introduces the indirect object, *un* is the masculine singular indefinite article, *nuevo* is an adjective meaning "new," and *conocido* is a masculine noun meaning "acquaintance."

14. Dónde vive
- Meaning: "Where they live"
- Infinitive: *Vivir* ("to live")
- Grammar: *Dónde* means "where," and *vive* is the third-person singular present form of *vivir*.

### Grammar Tip

In Spanish, indirect object pronouns like *le* often accompany verbs to indicate "for whom" or "to whom" something is directed. They can appear either before conjugated verbs or attached to infinitives, as seen with *decirle* (where *le* is attached to *decir*).

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