Breakdown of Nuestro amigo tiene dieciséis coches viejos.
el coche
the car
el amigo
the friend
viejo
old
tener
to have
nuestro
our
dieciséis
sixteen
Questions & Answers about Nuestro amigo tiene dieciséis coches viejos.
How is the number dieciséis put together?
It comes from combining diez y seis (ten and six). When they join into one single word, the z changes to a c, the y changes to an i, and they become dieciséis.
Why does dieciséis have an accent mark when diez and seis do not?
When combined into dieciséis, the spoken stress is on the last syllable. In Spanish, words ending in s naturally stress the second-to-last syllable. The written accent mark is added to show that this word breaks the normal spoken rule.
Would nuestro change if the friend was female?
Why use tiene here instead of another form of the verb?
Why does the sentence say coches viejos instead of viejos coches?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like viejos (old) almost always come right after the noun they describe (coches). Also, notice that viejos ends in -os to match the masculine, plural noun it describes.
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