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Vemos tres coches en la calle.

Vemos tres coches en la calle.
We see three cars in the street.
From Lesson 38:Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, dos, tres)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Vemos tres coches en la calle.

Does the number tres change depending on the gender of the noun?
No, the numbers from 2 to 10 always stay exactly the same. Even though coches is masculine, if we were counting feminine nouns like tres calles (three streets), tres would not change. Only the number one (un, una) changes for gender.
Where is the word for "we" in this sentence?
It is built right into the verb! Vemos means "we see". Because the verb's ending already tells us exactly who is doing the action, Spanish speakers usually drop the pronoun nosotros (we) unless they want to add special emphasis.
Can en mean both "in" and "on"?
Yes! The word en is very versatile. Depending on the context, it translates to "in", "on", or "at". Here, en la calle translates naturally to "in the street" (or "on the street" in English).
The word calle ends in "e". How can we tell it is feminine?
Nouns ending in "e" do not have a set rule for gender, so they can be either masculine or feminine. You can tell calle is feminine here because it is paired with la, the feminine word for "the". It is always best to memorize these words along with their matching "the"!

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