Breakdown of ¿Es inglesa la mujer simpática?
ser
to be
la mujer
the woman / the wife
inglés
English
simpático
nice
Questions & Answers about ¿Es inglesa la mujer simpática?
Why is the word order Es inglesa la mujer and not La mujer simpática es inglesa?
In Spanish yes/no questions, it is very common to invert the word order by putting the verb (Es) before the subject (la mujer simpática). You could just say ¿La mujer simpática es inglesa? and raise your voice at the end, but swapping the order is a classic way to form a question in Spanish.
Why isn't inglesa capitalized?
Why is it inglesa instead of inglés?
Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because la mujer (the woman) is a feminine noun, the masculine word for English (inglés) drops its accent and adds an a to become the feminine inglesa.
Why does simpática come after mujer?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like simpática (nice) almost always go right after the noun they describe. So, instead of saying nice woman, you say mujer simpática (woman nice).
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