Breakdown of Busco unos cepillos para un perro nuestro.
el perro
the dog
un
a, an (masculine)
unos
some (masculine)
nuestro
our
Questions & Answers about Busco unos cepillos para un perro nuestro.
Why is nuestro placed after perro here instead of before it?
In Spanish, when you want to say a dog of ours rather than just our dog, you put the possessive adjective after the noun. Saying nuestro perro means our dog (often implying it is the only one you have or a specific one), while un perro nuestro means a dog of ours (meaning you might have several dogs, and this is just one of them).
The English translation says looking for, but I do not see a word for for right after busco. Why is that?
Why do we use para instead of por before un perro nuestro?
We use para here because it shows the recipient or the intended destination of the brushes. When you look for an item meant to be given to or used on someone (or in this case, a dog), para is the correct choice to express for.
Does unos cepillos just mean brushes or specifically some brushes?