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Los profesores tienen libros grandes.

Los profesores tienen libros grandes.
The professors have big books.
From Lesson 7:Making nouns plural (-s, -es)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Los profesores tienen libros grandes.

Why does profesores end in -es instead of just an -s?
The singular word is profesor, which ends in a consonant (the letter r). In Spanish, when a noun ends in a consonant, you add -es to make it plural. If you just added an -s, it would be hard to pronounce!
How come libros only gets an -s added to it?
The singular word is libro, which ends in a vowel (the letter o). For nouns that end in a vowel, you simply add an -s to make them plural.
Why is it grandes instead of grandos to match the masculine word libros?
The singular word for big is grande. Because it ends in an -e, it is used for both masculine and feminine nouns; it doesn't change to an -o or -a. To make it plural to match libros, you just apply the vowel rule and add an -s, making it grandes.
Why is the word for "big" placed after "books"?
In Spanish, adjectives (describing words like grandes) usually come right after the noun they describe. Instead of saying "big books," Spanish speakers literally say "books big" (libros grandes).
Why do we use tienen here for "have"?
tienen is the "they" form of the verb tener (to have). Because los profesores (the professors) refers to a group of people, it acts as a plural "they," so we must use tienen.

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