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Es una casa con unos árboles altos.

Es una casa con unos árboles altos.
It is a house with some tall trees.
From Lesson 5:Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Es una casa con unos árboles altos.

Why do we use una before casa but unos before árboles?
In Spanish, indefinite articles (words for "a", "an", or "some") must match their noun in gender and number. Casa (house) is feminine and singular, so it uses una. Árboles (trees) is masculine and plural, so it uses unos.
How exactly does unos translate to "some"?
Think of unos (and the feminine unas) as the plural versions of "a" or "an". While English doesn't have a plural for "a", Spanish uses unos to mean "an unspecified number of", which translates nicely to "some" or "a few".
Where is the word for "it" in Es una casa?
Spanish rarely uses a word for "it" as the subject of a sentence. The verb es (is) already implies "it is" or "he/she is" depending on the context. Here, es works all by itself to mean "it is".
Why does the word order change to árboles altos instead of altos árboles?
In Spanish, descriptive words (adjectives) almost always come after the noun they describe. Instead of saying "tall trees", you say "trees tall" (árboles altos). Notice that altos is also plural to match árboles!
Why does árboles have an accent mark on the "a"?
The singular word is árbol, and the spoken stress falls on that first "a". When you make it plural by adding -es, the word gains an extra syllable. The accent mark is written to ensure the spoken stress stays exactly where it was in the singular form.

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