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El piso tiene un balcón pequeño.

El piso tiene un balcón pequeño.
The flat has a small balcony.
From Lesson 101:Home and housework (la lavadora, el balcón)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El piso tiene un balcón pequeño.

I thought apartamento meant apartment. Why use piso?
In Spain, piso is the most common word for a flat or apartment. While piso can also mean the floor or level of a building, when talking about a typical place to live, Spaniards almost always say un piso.
Why is it balcón pequeño and not pequeño balcón?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like pequeño usually come directly after the noun they describe. So, instead of putting the size first like in English, you place it after the noun as un balcón pequeño.
Why does balcón have an accent mark on the 'o'?
The accent mark tells you where to put your spoken stress. Words ending in 'n', 's', or a vowel normally have the natural stress on the second-to-last syllable. Since the strong stress in balcón is on the very last syllable, it needs a written accent to break that standard rule.
Do I need to change the ending of pequeño if I describe something else?
Yes, adjectives must always match the gender of the noun. Because balcón is a masculine noun, you use the masculine form pequeño. If you were describing a feminine noun like a house (una casa), it would change to una casa pequeña.

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