Va a llover?
 

Va a llover?

Rosetta Stone answers
No, no va llover pronto.

Are we missing an "a" in the answer?

I'm in my normal state of confusion. Bob Ritter, Pensacola, FL.

Exactly, "no va a llover pronto".

Gracias, Alec

They are wrong.

No va llover is incorrect you necessarily the word A in the phrase.

Maybe they spoke it so fast that you can't hear the separate "a".

No va a llover hoy. If you say it fast enough, you may not distinguish the "a".

That's true. We just don't pronounce 3 "a's" unless we're talking extremelly slowly, which doesn't happen very often. This sentence sounds: "ballobEr"
(Spanish pronunciation, of course)

Another example: "Él viene en taxi". Pronounced; "el bienen tAxi" (one of the "e's" disappeared.)

A process called sinalefa :):)

Thanks all! In Rosetta Stone the sentence was actually displayed without the "a". They just missed it.
I'm well aware of the "sinalefa" thing. It is a major problem when trying to learn. I lived in Puerto Rico for 6 months and I think they are really good, or bad, at it. Makes it impossible to go from "book learning" to actually understanding native speakers.
I'll keep plugging and hope to spend a few months taking lessons in Equador or Guatemala later this year or early next.
Thanks again for all your help. Bob Ritter brcr11@yahoo.com