Breakdown of Nosotros íbamos a comprar un cono crujiente con dos bolas.
un
a, an (masculine)
comprar
to buy
nosotros
we
con
with
Questions & Answers about Nosotros íbamos a comprar un cono crujiente con dos bolas.
Why use the imperfect íbamos instead of the preterite fuimos here?
The structure íbamos a + infinitive (comprar) is used to express an intention in the past ('we were going to buy'). Using the imperfect implies that this was an ongoing plan that likely got interrupted or changed, meaning the action of buying probably never happened. If you used the preterite (fuimos a comprar), it would mean 'we went to buy' and imply the action was actually completed.
Why does bolas translate to 'scoops' instead of 'balls'?
Why doesn't the adjective crujiente end in '-o' to match the masculine noun cono?
Crujiente means 'crunchy' or 'crispy'. Because it ends in an -e, it is a gender-neutral adjective. It stays exactly the same whether it modifies a masculine noun like cono or a feminine noun like galleta (cookie).
Do we really need the word Nosotros at the beginning of this sentence?