Breakdown of Tienes trece mensajes nuevos de tu hermano.
nuevo
new / another, different (before the noun)
el hermano
the brother
el mensaje
the message
de
from
tener
to have
tu
your (singular)
trece
thirteen
Questions & Answers about Tienes trece mensajes nuevos de tu hermano.
Does the number trece change if the word it describes is feminine or plural?
No, numbers from 11 to 20 like trece (thirteen) never change their ending. Even though mensajes is plural, you just use trece, not treces. It also stays exactly the same for feminine words.
Why is it mensajes nuevos instead of nuevos mensajes?
In Spanish, describing words (adjectives) usually go after the thing they describe. So instead of "new messages", Spanish says "messages new" (mensajes nuevos). Notice that nuevos has an -os ending to match the masculine, plural word mensajes.
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
The verb tienes already means "you have" (informal). Because the verb ending makes it completely clear who is doing the action, Spanish speakers usually drop the subject word tú (you).
Why is there no accent mark on tu in tu hermano?
Without the accent mark, tu means "your", which is exactly what we need here for "your brother". When it has an accent mark (tú), it means the person "you". The accent mark just exists to help you tell these two identical-sounding words apart in writing.
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