Learn Spanish (Latin America): Mi perro es marrón y blanco.

Mi perro es marrón y blanco.

My dog is brown and white.

Breakdown of Mi perro es marrón y blanco.

Questions & Answers about Mi perro es marrón y blanco.

Why do we use es instead of está for the dog's color?

Es comes from the verb ser, which we use to talk about permanent or essential characteristics. Since being brown and white is a natural, ongoing feature of the dog, rather than a temporary state or a location, we use es.

Why doesn't marrón end in -o or -a to match the dog's gender, like blanco does?

Colors (and other adjectives) that end in a consonant like -n or the vowel -e usually have the same form for both masculine and feminine words. So, marrón doesn't change for gender, whereas blanco changes to blanca for feminine nouns.

If I were talking about a female dog (mi perra), how would this exact sentence change?

The sentence would be: Mi perra es marrón y blanca. The word marrón stays exactly the same, but blanco changes to blanca to match the feminine noun perra.

If I have multiple dogs and want to say 'My dogs are brown and white,' how do I make these words plural?