Learn Spanish (Latin America): Ella va a buscar los artículos largos. - She is going to look for the long articles.

Ella va a buscar los artículos largos.

She is going to look for the long articles.

Breakdown of Ella va a buscar los artículos largos.

ella

she

los

the (masculine plural)

largo

long

to go

Questions & Answers about Ella va a buscar los artículos largos.

Why isn't there a word like 'por' or 'para' to mean 'for' in this sentence?

The Spanish verb buscar means "to look for" or "to search for" all on its own. If you added por or para after it, it would sound like you were saying "to look for for"!

How does "va a buscar" work to show the future here?

This is the "near future" tense, which you've likely seen in earlier lessons. It is formed using the verb ir (to go) + a + an infinitive (unconjugated) verb. Here, va (she is going) + a + buscar (to look for) translates to "she is going to look for".

Does "artículos" always mean written articles, like in a newspaper?

Not necessarily! While artículos does mean written articles, it is also a very common word for "items," "goods," or "products" in a store. Depending on the context of the conversation, she could be looking for long essays or long physical items.

How would I turn this into a polite request using the conditional form of "poder"?

To make a polite request like you are practicing in this lesson, you can swap out va a (is going to) for podría (could). You would ask: ¿Ella podría buscar los artículos largos? (Could she look for the long articles?). Notice that after podría, the second verb (buscar) stays in its unconjugated infinitive form.