Breakdown of Ustedes miden el extracto de vainilla.
de
from / of
ustedes
you (plural)
medir
to measure
el extracto
extract
Questions & Answers about Ustedes miden el extracto de vainilla.
The current lesson covers the "verb + que + verb" repetition structure. How would I apply that here to say "You measure and measure the vanilla extract"?
Why is the verb conjugated as miden and not meden?
The infinitive is medir (to measure), which is an e-to-i stem-changing verb. In the present tense, the e in the stem changes to i for all forms except nosotros and vosotros, giving us yo mido, tú mides, and ustedes miden.
Why does the sentence use extracto de vainilla instead of just putting the words in the English order like "vainilla extracto"?
Spanish doesn't stack nouns together like English does, where "vanilla" acts as an adjective for "extract". Instead, you have to use the preposition de to link the two nouns, literally saying "extract of vanilla".
Can I drop the word Ustedes in this sentence?