Learn Spanish (Spain): El niño con las flores es inteligente. - The boy with the flowers is intelligent.

El niño con las flores es inteligente.

The boy with the flowers is intelligent.

Breakdown of El niño con las flores es inteligente.

with / just by (+ -ing)

Questions & Answers about El niño con las flores es inteligente.

Why is the plural of flor formed by adding -es instead of just -s?

In Spanish, if a noun ends in a vowel, you usually just add -s (like niño to niños). But if it ends in a consonant, like the "r" in flor, you add -es. This makes it much easier to pronounce!

How do we know to use las for the flowers instead of los?

The word for flower in Spanish is feminine (la flor). When you make a feminine noun plural, its "the" changes from la to las. If it were a masculine word, you would use los.

Since flores is plural, why doesn't the sentence use the plural verb son (are)?

The verb has to match the main person or thing doing the action (the subject). Here, the sentence is about the boy (el niño), which is singular, so we use the singular verb es (is). The phrase con las flores just gives us extra information about him.

Does the adjective inteligente need to change to match the masculine word niño?

No, it stays exactly as it is! Adjectives that end in the letter -e, like inteligente or grande, are gender-neutral. You use the exact same word for a boy (el niño es inteligente) or a girl (la niña es inteligente).