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Tus manos están muy sucias hoy.

Tus manos están muy sucias hoy.
Your hands are very dirty today.
From Lesson 64:The Human Body: Head and Arms·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Tus manos están muy sucias hoy.

Wait, why is it sucias with an "-as"? Doesn't manos end in "-os", making it masculine?
Mano is a famous rule-breaker in Spanish! Even though it ends in "-o", it is actually a feminine word (la mano, or in this case, las manos). Because it is feminine and plural, the adjective describing it has to match, which is why we use sucias instead of sucios.
Why do we use están here instead of son for "are"?
We use están (from the verb estar) because being dirty is a temporary condition. If you wash your hands, they won't be dirty anymore! We use the other verb for "to be", ser (son), for more permanent traits or identities.
Why is it Tus instead of Tu?
In Spanish, possessive words like "your" have to match the number of things being owned. Since we are talking about multiple hands (manos), the word tu adds an "s" to become plural: tus.

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