Learn Spanish (Latin America): Nosotros vemos los árboles.

Nosotros vemos los árboles.

We see the trees.

Breakdown of Nosotros vemos los árboles.

nosotros

ver

to see / to look / appear

los

the (masculine plural)

el árbol

the tree

Questions & Answers about Nosotros vemos los árboles.

Why do we add '-es' to make árboles instead of just adding '-s'?

Because the singular word árbol ends in a consonant (the letter 'l'). In Spanish, when a noun ends in a consonant, you make it plural by adding '-es'. If the noun ended in a vowel, you would just add '-s'.

Why is there an accent mark on árboles?

The singular word árbol has an accent mark to show that your voice should stress the first syllable. When you add '-es' to make it plural, you keep the accent mark on the 'a' so that the spoken stress stays on that exact same sound.

Why is the verb form vemos and not vamos?

Vemos comes from the verb ver, which means 'to see'. Because ver is an '-er' verb, its 'we' form ends in '-emos'. (Vamos means 'we go' and comes from a completely different verb!)

Why do we use los before árboles?

In Spanish, the word for 'the' has to match the noun in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural). Árbol is a masculine noun. Since we are talking about multiple trees here, we use the masculine plural article los.