Questions & Answers about ¿Los coches verdes son lentos?
Why is it verdes instead of verdos to match the masculine word coches?
Not all adjectives end in -o or -a. The word for "green" is verde. For adjectives that end in -e, the masculine and feminine forms are exactly the same. To make it plural to match los coches, you just add an -s to get verdes.
Why does lentos end in -os here?
Why is it coches verdes and not verdes coches?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like colors almost always come after the noun they describe. So, "the green cars" becomes los coches verdes (literally "the cars green").
How does this sentence show it is asking "Are the...?" instead of just stating "The... are"?
In Spanish, you often don't need to change the word order to make a question. The statement Los coches verdes son lentos (The green cars are slow) turns into a question simply by adding the upside-down and regular question marks (¿ ?) and changing your tone of voice.
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