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La generación mayor no entiende la tecnología.

La generación mayor no entiende la tecnología.
The older generation does not understand the technology.
From Lesson 108:Irregular comparatives (mejor, peor, mayor, menor)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about La generación mayor no entiende la tecnología.

Why is mayor used here instead of más vieja to mean "older"?
Mayor is the irregular comparative form for age, meaning "older." While you could technically use más vieja, using mayor is much more natural and respectful when talking about people or generations of people.
Why does mayor come after the noun generación?
Even though it is a special comparative word meaning "older," mayor acts like a normal descriptive adjective in Spanish. That means it is placed after the noun it describes, just like in la casa blanca.
Does the word mayor change if it describes a plural noun?
Yes! Because mayor ends in a consonant, you add -es to make it plural. If you were talking about "older adults" (los adultos), it would become los adultos mayores. However, its spelling does not change based on whether the noun is masculine or feminine.
Why is the verb spelled entiende instead of entende?
The verb entender (to understand) is a stem-changing verb in the present tense. The second e changes to ie for most subjects. Because la generación is a singular group (treating it as an "it" or "she"), we use the third-person singular form entiende.

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