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La tarde parece larga.

La tarde parece larga.
The afternoon seems long.
From Lesson 23:Regular -er verbs·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of La tarde parece larga.

largo
long
la tarde
the afternoon
parecer
to seem

Questions & Answers about La tarde parece larga.

Why does the verb end in "-e" in parece?
Parece comes from the regular -er verb parecer (to seem). Because the subject of the sentence is la tarde (an "it"), we use the third-person singular ending. For regular -er verbs, you drop the -er and add -e, giving us parece.
Why is the word for long larga here instead of largo?
In Spanish, describing words (adjectives) must match the gender of the noun they describe. Since la tarde (the afternoon) is a feminine noun, the adjective needs the feminine -a ending, becoming larga.
Wait, doesn't larga mean "large"?
It looks like it, but this is a common "false friend"! Larga actually means "long". If you want to say that something is large or big, you would use the word grande.
How would I change this sentence to say "The afternoons seem long"?
You would say Las tardes parecen largas. You add -s to make the "the", the noun, and the adjective plural. For the verb, you must use the "they" ending for -er verbs, which is -en, turning parece into parecen.

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