Questions & Answers about Vivimos en la misma casa.
Why is misma before the noun casa? Usually adjectives come after!
You are right that most describing words come after the noun in Spanish. However, a few adjectives naturally go before the noun. Mismo (meaning 'same') is one of these exceptions and almost always comes before the word it describes. Why does the sentence say Vivimos instead of Nosotros vivimos?
In Spanish, the ending of the verb tells you who is doing the action. Because the -imos ending on vivimos strictly belongs to nosotros (we), you can safely drop the pronoun. You would only include nosotros if you wanted to add special emphasis. Would misma change if we were talking about a masculine noun?
Yes! Misma is acting as an adjective here, so it must match the gender of the noun. Because casa is feminine, we use la misma. If we lived in the same building (edificio), it would change to match the masculine noun: el mismo edificio. How would I use this sentence to compare things, like 'We live in the same house as Juan'?
When making comparisons with 'the same', Spanish uses the word que to mean 'as'. To say 'the same house as Juan', you would add que after the noun: Vivimos en la misma casa que Juan. Learn Vivimos en la misma casa and more in Spanish
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