Word
El coleccionista guarda monedas antiguas en un álbum.
Meaning
The collector keeps old coins in an album.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of El coleccionista guarda monedas antiguas en un álbum.
en
in
un
a, an
la moneda
the coin
guardar
to keep
Questions & Answers about El coleccionista guarda monedas antiguas en un álbum.
Why do we use El coleccionista instead of Un coleccionista?
We use the definite article El because we’re referring to a specific collector that both speaker and listener have in mind. If you wanted to introduce any collector in a general sense, you would say Un coleccionista.
What does guardar mean in this context?
Here guardar means to keep or to store items safely for preservation. In other contexts it can also mean to save (as in saving a file).
Why is guarda used here? Which person and tense is it?
Guarda is the third person singular present indicative form of guardar (él/ella/usted guarda). It agrees with El coleccionista (“he keeps”).
Why is the adjective antiguas placed after monedas? Can it go before?
Descriptive adjectives in Spanish typically follow the noun: monedas antiguas is the neutral word order. You can say antiguas monedas for stylistic emphasis or a poetic feel, but the standard order is noun → adjective.
How does antiguas agree with monedas?