Breakdown of Ayer vimos los escombros de la iglesia vieja.
de
from / of
ver
to see / to look / appear
los
the (masculine plural)
viejo
old
Questions & Answers about Ayer vimos los escombros de la iglesia vieja.
In English, 'rubble' or 'debris' is usually an uncountable singular word. Do I always need to use the plural escombros in Spanish?
Yes, escombros is almost always used in its plural form when talking about the ruins, rubble, or physical debris of a destroyed building. You will rarely use it in the singular.
Why is it iglesia vieja instead of vieja iglesia? Does the order matter?
Why doesn't the past tense verb vimos have an accent mark?
This sentence just uses the simple past. How would I use the 'hacía... que' structure from this lesson to say 'We had been looking at the rubble for two hours'?