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Questions & Answers about La silla anaranjada es pequeña.
Why does anaranjada come after silla? In English, we say 'orange chair'.
In Spanish, descriptive words (adjectives) like anaranjada (orange) usually come after the noun they describe. So instead of 'orange chair', you say silla anaranjada (literally 'chair orange').
Why do both anaranjada and pequeña end in an -a?
They end in -a to match the word they describe, la silla (the chair), which is a feminine word. If you were talking about a masculine word like el carro (the car), you would change the adjective endings to -o: el carro anaranjado es pequeño.
Why do we use es instead of está for 'is'?
Could I just say naranja instead of anaranjada?