Breakdown of El departamento nuevo tiene mucho espacio.
tener
to have
mucho
many / a lot
nuevo
new
el departamento
the apartment
el espacio
the space
Questions & Answers about El departamento nuevo tiene mucho espacio.
Why do we use mucho in this sentence instead of muy?
We use mucho because it is describing a noun (espacio). Mucho means 'a lot of' or 'much' and is used with nouns. You use muy, meaning 'very', to describe adjectives or adverbs. For example, if you wanted to say the apartment is very big, you would say muy grande.
Does mucho change depending on the word it goes with?
Why does nuevo come after departamento instead of before it?
In English, we put the descriptive word before the noun ('new apartment'). In Spanish, adjectives that describe what kind of thing something is, like its age, usually come right after the noun. That is why it is departamento nuevo.
I have heard other words for 'apartment' in Spanish. Is departamento common?
Yes! In Latin America, departamento is the standard word. You will also hear apartamento in some places. If you travel to Spain, the most common word for apartment is piso.
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