Questions & Answers about Junten todas las hojas y ordenen el patio.
Why do junten and ordenen both end in -en?
These are affirmative ustedes (you all) commands. Both come from regular -ar verbs (juntar and ordenar). To tell a group of people to do something, you swap the typical vowel: regular -ar verbs take an -en ending for ustedes commands. Could ordenen also mean 'to order' like ordering food?
Yes, ordenar can mean to order a meal or purchase something, but here it means 'to organize' or 'to tidy up'. When talking about a room or a yard (el patio), it almost always means putting things in order. I've seen hojas used for sheets of paper. Does it mean 'leaves' here?
Yes! The word hoja literally means 'leaf' of a plant or tree, which is why it is also used to describe a 'sheet' or 'leaf' of paper. Since they are working in the yard, they are definitely gathering tree leaves. Why is it todas las hojas and not just todas hojas?
In Spanish, to say 'all the [noun]', you must include the definite article (el, la, los, or las) right after the form of todo. Since hojas is feminine and plural, it requires todas las. Learn Junten todas las hojas y ordenen el patio and more in Spanish
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