Breakdown of Los niños quieren los plátanos dulces.
el niño
the boy / the child
querer
to want; to love (a person)
dulce
sweet
el plátano
the banana
Questions & Answers about Los niños quieren los plátanos dulces.
Why is the verb spelled quieren instead of 'queren'?
Quieren comes from the verb querer (to want). It is a stem-changing verb. This means that when conjugating it for 'they', the e in the stem changes to ie, making it quieren instead of 'queren'.
Why does dulces come after plátanos?
In Spanish, descriptive words (adjectives) like dulces (sweet) usually come after the noun they describe. So, instead of saying 'sweet bananas' like in English, you say 'bananas sweet' (plátanos dulces).
If plátanos is a masculine noun, why doesn't dulces end in '-os'?
The translation says 'The boys', but doesn't los niños mean 'The children'?
It can mean both! In Spanish, the masculine plural los niños is used for a group of boys, but it is also the standard way to say 'the children' when referring to a mixed group of boys and girls.
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