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Ayer vi una obra muy emocionante.

Ayer vi una obra muy emocionante.
Yesterday I saw a very exciting play.
From Lesson 136:Preterite of dar and ver (di, vi)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Ayer vi una obra muy emocionante.

Why doesn't vi have an accent mark? Past tense verbs usually do, like comí or hablé.
Even though it's the past tense, vi is a one-syllable word. In Spanish, one-syllable words don't get accent marks unless they need to be distinguished from another word with the exact same spelling (like tu vs tú). Since there's no other word spelled vi, it doesn't need an accent!
Does obra mean "play"? I thought it meant "work".
It means both! Obra generally means a "work" (like a work of art, or a construction site). When talking about the theater, it's short for obra de teatro, which means a "play". Since the sentence mentions seeing something exciting, "play" is the best translation here.
Is emocionante related to being emotional?
Yes, but it's a bit of a false friend. Emocionante translates best to "exciting," "thrilling," or "moving." If you want to say that a person is feeling emotional or excited, you would use emocionado or emocionada. Because the play is the thing causing the excitement, we use emocionante.
Why is it una obra muy emocionante instead of una muy emocionante obra?
In Spanish, adjectives like emocionante usually come right after the noun they describe (una obra). The word muy (very) is tied to the adjective, so the whole descriptive phrase muy emocionante goes after the noun.

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