Breakdown of Las chicas beben zumo de manzana.
de
of
la chica
the girl
beber
to drink
el zumo
the juice
la manzana
the apple
Questions & Answers about Las chicas beben zumo de manzana.
Why does the verb end in '-en' in beben?
Why do we say zumo de manzana instead of 'manzana zumo' like in English?
In Spanish, you cannot put two nouns right next to each other to make a description like 'apple juice'. Instead, you use de (of) to link them, making it literally 'juice of apple'.
Should it be manzanas (plural) since it takes more than one apple to make juice?
Even though juice is made from many apples, Spanish typically uses the singular noun when describing a flavor or type of food. So, 'apple juice' is always zumo de manzana.
I thought the word for juice was jugo. Is zumo different?
In Spain, zumo is the standard word used for fruit juices. Jugo is the word you will hear in Latin America, whereas in Spain it is mostly used to mean meat juices or gravy.
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