Breakdown of La maceta nueva está enfrente de la cortina.
nuevo
new
estar
to be (location/state)
la
the (feminine)
la cortina
curtain
enfrente de
in front of
la maceta
flowerpot
Questions & Answers about La maceta nueva está enfrente de la cortina.
Why do we need de after enfrente?
In Spanish, when you specify what something is in front of, you must use de. If you just wanted to say 'The new flowerpot is in front' without mentioning the curtain, you would drop the de and just say La maceta nueva está enfrente.
Is enfrente always written as one word?
Why do we use está instead of es here?
We always use the verb estar to talk about physical location or placement. Even if the flowerpot stays in front of that curtain forever, we still use está because it describes where something is.
Why does nueva come after maceta?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like nueva (new) usually go after the noun they describe. So instead of saying 'new flowerpot', you use the word order 'flowerpot new' (maceta nueva).
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