Breakdown of La esposa del profesor compra una casa nueva.
de
from / of
el profesor
the teacher
la casa
the house
comprar
to buy
una
a, an (feminine)
nuevo
new
la esposa
the wife
Questions & Answers about La esposa del profesor compra una casa nueva.
Where is the apostrophe 's' to show possession, like in "teacher's wife"?
Why does the sentence use del instead of just de?
In Spanish, when the preposition de (of) is followed immediately by the masculine word for "the", which is el, they combine into the single word del. So, instead of saying de el profesor, they merge to become del profesor.
Why is the word order casa nueva instead of nueva casa?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like nueva (new) almost always go right after the noun they describe. That's why "a new house" is written as una casa nueva.
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