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El supermercado nuevo es muy barato.

El supermercado nuevo es muy barato.
The new supermarket is very cheap.
From Lesson 53:Degree modifiers (muy, mucho)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El supermercado nuevo es muy barato.

Why do we use muy here instead of mucho?
In Spanish, muy means 'very' and is always used before adjectives (like barato) or adverbs. You use mucho when you want to say 'a lot of' or 'much' before a noun. Since barato is an adjective, muy is the correct choice!
Why doesn't muy change its ending to match the masculine noun?
Muy is an adverb, which means it never changes its form. Unlike adjectives (such as nuevo or barato) that have to match the masculine or feminine gender of the noun they describe, muy stays exactly the same no matter what.
Why does nuevo come after supermercado? In English we say 'new supermarket'.
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like nuevo almost always go right after the noun they are describing instead of before it.
Why do we use es instead of está to say it is cheap?
We use es (a form of the verb ser) because being cheap is described here as a fundamental characteristic or general quality of this supermarket, rather than just a temporary state.

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