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¡Miradlas, son muy bonitas!

¡Miradlas, son muy bonitas!
Look at them, they are very beautiful!
From Lesson 61:Affirmative commands (tú, vosotros)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of ¡Miradlas, son muy bonitas!

ser
to be
bonito
pretty
muy
very
las
them (f)
mirar
to look

Questions & Answers about ¡Miradlas, son muy bonitas!

Why does the verb end in a 'd' in miradlas?
Mirad is the command form for vosotros (you all). In Spain, to tell an informal group of people to do something, you take the infinitive verb (mirar), drop the final -r, and add a -d.
Why is las attached to the end of the verb to make one word?
When giving an affirmative command (telling someone to do something), Spanish attaches object pronouns like las (them) directly to the end of the verb. That is why 'Look at them' becomes the single word miradlas.
How do we know that 'them' refers to feminine things?
We can tell by looking at the pronoun las and the adjective bonitas, which both end in -as for feminine plural. If we were looking at masculine things, the sentence would change to ¡Miradlos, son muy bonitos!
Why is there no word for 'they' before son?
In Spanish, the verb ending usually tells you who or what the subject is. Son already means 'they are', so you do not need to add the pronoun ellas (they) unless you need to clarify or emphasize it.

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