Guardo el consejo importante de mi abuelo.

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Breakdown of Guardo el consejo importante de mi abuelo.

• mi: my
• de: of
• importante: important
• el abuelo: the grandfather
• el consejo: the advice
• guardar: to keep

Questions & Answers about Guardo el consejo importante de mi abuelo.

Why do we say el consejo instead of la consejo?

In Spanish, nouns have grammatical genders. Consejo is masculine, so you must use the masculine article el. Some words end in -o and are masculine, though there are exceptions. The important thing is to memorize the gender of each noun as you learn vocabulary.

Why is importante used and not changed to importantes?

In Spanish, adjectives like importante have the same singular form for both masculine and feminine nouns. For instance, you say el consejo importante (masculine singular) or la idea importante (feminine singular). You would only add -s (or -es) to make the adjective plural if the noun was plural, for example los consejos importantes.

Why do we say de mi abuelo rather than para mi abuelo?

Here, de shows possession or origin — the advice comes from your grandfather. If you used para, it would imply the advice is meant for your grandfather, which changes the meaning. So the phrase el consejo importante de mi abuelo means it is his advice, not advice intended for him.

Could I also say consejos in the plural form?

Yes, you can use consejos if you’re talking about multiple pieces of advice. If your grandfather has offered several pieces of advice, you could say guardo los consejos importantes de mi abuelo. In the given sentence, the speaker refers to one specific piece of advice, so consejo is singular.

What is the difference between guardo and guardé?

Guardo is the present tense form (I keep/I save). Guardé is the preterite form (I kept/I saved) and refers to a completed action in the past. So guardo el consejo importante de mi abuelo describes something you do in the present, while guardé el consejo importante de mi abuelo refers to something you did at a specific point in the past.