Breakdown of La mesa del comedor es nueva.
ser
to be
nuevo
new / another, different (before the noun)
la mesa
the table
del
of the / from the / about the (topic)
el comedor
the dining room
Questions & Answers about La mesa del comedor es nueva.
Why do we use es instead of está if a table being new is only temporary?
Why is it mesa del comedor instead of comedor mesa like in English?
In English, we often put nouns right next to each other to describe something (like dining room table). Spanish does not do this. Instead, you have to use de (of) to link them, literally saying the table of the dining room.
What exactly is del?
The word del is a mandatory contraction. Whenever the preposition de (of/from) is followed by the masculine word for the (el), they always combine into del. Because comedor is a masculine noun, we must say del comedor instead of de el comedor.
Why does the sentence end with nueva and not nuevo?
The adjective nueva (new) is describing the table (la mesa), which is a feminine noun. Even though the word right before it is comedor (which is masculine), the adjective must match the main subject it actually describes.
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