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Recibo muchos correos electrónicos.

Recibo muchos correos electrónicos.
I receive a lot of emails.
From Lesson 42:Phone, computer and email·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Recibo muchos correos electrónicos.

mucho
a lot
recibir
to receive
el correo electrónico
the email

Questions & Answers about Recibo muchos correos electrónicos.

Why is there no word for "I" before recibo?
In Spanish, the ending of the verb usually tells you who is doing the action. The -o ending on recibo tells us it means "I receive." You do not need to add the pronoun yo (I) unless you want to add special emphasis.
Why does this sentence use muchos instead of just mucho?
Words that describe amounts, like mucho (a lot / many), have to match the noun they go with in both gender and number. Because correos is a masculine plural word, mucho changes to its masculine plural form, muchos.
Why is the word order correos electrónicos instead of electrónicos correos?
In English, we put the describing word before the thing it describes (electronic mails). In Spanish, it is the opposite: descriptive adjectives usually come right after the noun. So it translates literally to "mails electronic."
Do people in Spain really use the long phrase correos electrónicos in daily life?
This is the proper written way to say "emails," but in casual conversation, people in Spain often shorten it to just correos or even borrow the English word, saying los emails.

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