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I'm Timothy, and this is Learncraft Spanish.

Today we're going to learn a bunch of new nouns that refer to locations, and we'll start with a familiar word.

Remember that we learned Estado to mean state, as in the state of being or status that someone might be in.

This word also means state as in a nation or territory.

For example, today she's out of town in another state. Today she's out of town in another state.

Today, she's out of the city in other state.

Next we have the word direction, spelled D-I-R-E-C-C-I-O-N with an accent on the O.

Direction.

This word can mean two different things.

It can mean direction, as in the way that someone or something is moving.

For example, what direction did he go?

In that direction.

In that direction? In that direction?

In that direction.

Note the use of n in both phrases.

This is the preposition that tends to be associated with this noun.

But direction can also mean address, as in the specific location

of a building or site. For example, the party is at Juan's house. What's the address?

La Fiesta is in Casa of Juan. What is the direction? So in this Spanish sentence, it might sound like the speaker is asking what direction

to start walking.

But in situations like this, it's generally clear from context that we're asking for a street

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