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El limón es amarillo y agrio.

El limón es amarillo y agrio.
The lemon is yellow and sour.
From Lesson 48:Plural likes (me gustan)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of El limón es amarillo y agrio.

ser
to be
y
and
el limón
the lemon
amarillo
yellow
agrio
sour

Questions & Answers about El limón es amarillo y agrio.

Why do we use es here instead of está?
We use es (from the verb ser) because being yellow and sour are inherent, natural characteristics of a lemon, rather than temporary conditions or locations.
If this sentence makes me want to say "I like lemons", do I use gusta or gustan?
You would use gustan because you are talking about multiple lemons: Me gustan los limones. As you are learning in this lesson, whenever the things you like are plural, the verb must be gustan.
Both amarillo and agrio end in -o. Would this change if we talked about a feminine fruit?
Yes! Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because el limón is masculine, the adjectives end in -o. If you described a feminine fruit like an apple (la manzana), they would change to -a: La manzana es amarilla y agria.
Why does limón have an accent mark on the o?
The accent mark tells you to put the spoken stress on that last syllable. Interestingly, when you make the word plural to match this lesson's topic (los limones), the natural Spanish stress rules take over and that accent mark actually disappears!

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