Breakdown of El niño tiene unos zapatos blancos y un libro corto.
y
and
el niño
the boy
tener
to have
el libro
the book
un
a, an (masculine)
unos
some (masculine)
el zapato
the shoe
blanco
white
corto
short
Questions & Answers about El niño tiene unos zapatos blancos y un libro corto.
Why do the words for "white" and "short" come after the nouns they describe?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like blancos (white) and corto (short) usually come right after the noun they describe. Instead of saying "white shoes" like in English, you say zapatos blancos (shoes white).
Why does blancos end with an "s"?
Adjectives in Spanish must match the number (singular or plural) of the noun they describe. Because zapatos (shoes) is plural, the adjective describing it must also be plural, so we add an "s" to make it blancos.
Why is it libro corto and not libro corta?
Adjectives must also match the gender (masculine or feminine) of the noun. Since libro (book) is a masculine noun, we use the masculine form of the adjective, which ends in "o": corto.
What does unos mean in this sentence?
Unos is the masculine plural form of the word un (a/an). When you put it in front of a plural noun like zapatos, it translates to "some" in English.
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