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Yo soy el hombre con los coches.

Yo soy el hombre con los coches.
I am the man with the cars.
From Lesson 2:Plural nouns and definite articles (los, las)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Yo soy el hombre con los coches.

Why does this sentence use los coches instead of el coches?
In Spanish, when a noun becomes plural (more than one), the word for "the" must also become plural to match it. Because coche is a masculine noun, the singular "the" is el. To say "the cars", el changes to its plural masculine form, los.
How do we know to add just an -s to make coches plural, rather than -es?
The rule is simple: if a singular noun ends in a vowel (like the e at the end of coche), you just add an -s to make it plural. You only add -es if the singular noun ends in a consonant.
Could I just say Soy el hombre con los coches without the word yo?
Yes! In Spanish, the verb soy already means "I am", so the pronoun yo (I) is completely optional. People often include it to add a little emphasis, but the sentence is perfectly correct without it.
I noticed the letter h at the beginning of hombre. Do I pronounce it?
No, the letter h is always silent in Spanish. You pronounce hombre as if it starts directly with the o sound.

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