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La mesa morada es nueva.

La mesa morada es nueva.
The purple table is new.
From Lesson 10:Adjective agreement·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of La mesa morada es nueva.

la mesa
the table
nuevo
new
morado
purple

Questions & Answers about La mesa morada es nueva.

Why is it mesa morada instead of morada mesa?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like colors usually come after the noun they describe. So, instead of saying the purple table, you say the table purple (la mesa morada).
Why do both morada and nueva end in -a?
Adjectives in Spanish must match the noun they describe in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural). Because mesa is a feminine singular noun, the dictionary forms of these adjectives, morado and nuevo, both change their ending to -a.
Does nueva still have to match mesa even though it is separated by the verb es?
Yes! Even when an adjective comes after a verb like es (is), it is still describing the subject of the sentence. Therefore, nueva must be feminine and singular to match la mesa.
Why do we use es instead of está to say the table is new?
We use es (from the verb ser) because we are describing a fundamental characteristic of the table. In Spanish, being new or old is treated as a core identifying trait of an object, rather than a temporary state.

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