Learn Spanish (Latin America): El niño tiene unos zapatos blancos y un libro corto. - The boy has some white shoes and a short book.

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.