Learn Spanish (Latin America): Nosotros recibimos un correo importante ahora.

Nosotros recibimos un correo importante ahora.

We receive an important email now.

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Questions & Answers about Nosotros recibimos un correo importante ahora.

How do you form the nosotros form for a regular -ir verb like recibir?

For regular -ir verbs, you drop the -ir from the end of the verb and add -imos. So recibir (to receive) becomes recibimos (we receive). Notice how it uses an 'i', which makes it slightly different from -er verbs that end in -emos.

Do I have to use the word nosotros here, or can I just start with recibimos?

You can safely drop nosotros and just start the sentence with Recibimos. In Spanish, the -imos ending on the verb already tells us the subject is 'we', so the extra pronoun is optional and mostly used if you want to add emphasis.

Why does importante come after correo instead of before it?

In English, we say 'important email', but in Spanish, descriptive words (adjectives) almost always come after the thing they are describing (the noun). Because importante describes the correo, it goes second.

Does correo mean a physical letter or an email?

It can mean both! Correo literally means mail, and it is widely used as a short way to say email today. If you need to be very specific that it is digital, you can say correo electrónico, but usually just correo is perfectly understood in context.