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El esposo de la hermana lee un libro largo.

El esposo de la hermana lee un libro largo.
The sister's husband reads a long book.
From Lesson 17:Possession (de)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El esposo de la hermana lee un libro largo.

How does "the sister's husband" turn into el esposo de la hermana?
In Spanish, there is no apostrophe "s" to show ownership. Instead, you always use the word de (of) and flip the order to say "the [thing] of the [owner]". So, "the sister's husband" translates literally as el esposo (the husband) de (of) la hermana (the sister).
Wait, doesn't largo mean "large"?
No, it's a very common "false friend"! Largo actually means "long". If you want to say "large" or "big", you would use the word grande. So un libro largo is a long book, not necessarily a physically large one.
Why is it un libro largo instead of un largo libro?
In English, describing words (adjectives) go before the noun. In Spanish, they almost always go after the noun they describe. You are literally saying "a book long".
What verb does lee come from?
It comes from the verb leer (to read). Since the subject doing the reading is el esposo (a "he"), we drop the -er ending from the infinitive and add -e to get lee.

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