Breakdown of ¿Puedes buscar una cámara moderna para mí?
una
a, an (feminine)
para
for
mí
me
poder
to be able to / can
buscar
to look for
la cámara
the camera
moderno
modern
Questions & Answers about ¿Puedes buscar una cámara moderna para mí?
Why doesn't "buscar" have a word for "for" after it?
Why is it puedes buscar instead of puedes buscas?
When you use two verbs together to express a single idea, only the first verb is conjugated. Puedes is conjugated to mean "you can", so the second verb, buscar, stays in its basic infinitive (dictionary) form.
Why is the adjective moderna placed after cámara?
Descriptive adjectives like moderna (modern) usually come after the noun they describe in Spanish. Also notice that it ends in an "a" to match the feminine noun una cámara.
Why does mí have an accent mark?
The accent mark tells apart mí (me, used after prepositions like para) from mi (my, as in mi cámara). They sound exactly the same, so the accent is only there to clarify the meaning in writing!
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