Word
El hombre que usa lentes tiene una barba negra.
Meaning
The man who wears glasses has a black beard.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of El hombre que usa lentes tiene una barba negra.
tener
to have
una
a, an (feminine)
negro
black
usar
to use / to wear
Questions & Answers about El hombre que usa lentes tiene una barba negra.
The English translation says "who", so why does the Spanish sentence use que instead of quien?
In Spanish, que is the most common relative pronoun. It can mean "that", "which", or "who". Even though we are talking about a person (el hombre), que is perfectly correct and is actually the most natural choice here to link the ideas. While quien (who) exists, it is mostly used in formal writing or right after a preposition, like con quien (with whom).
I thought usa meant "uses". Why does it translate to "wears" here?
Why isn't there an article before lentes? Shouldn't it be usa unos lentes?
How do we know which verb belongs to which part of the sentence?