Breakdown of El algoritmo recomienda este contenido divertido.
este
this (m.sg., also esta, estos, estas, esto)
divertido
fun
recomendar
to recommend
el contenido
the content
el algoritmo
the algorithm
Questions & Answers about El algoritmo recomienda este contenido divertido.
Why do we use este instead of esto for "this" content?
Este is the masculine singular demonstrative adjective used directly before a masculine noun like contenido. English speakers often mistakenly use esto, but esto is a neuter pronoun used only when the specific noun isn't mentioned or is unknown (for example, asking "What is this?" translates to ¿Qué es esto?).
I recognize contenido as the past participle of contener (to contain). How is it working here?
Why does the spelling change to recomienda if the infinitive is recomendar?
Recomendar is an e-to-ie stem-changing verb in the present tense. Because the spoken stress falls on the stem in the third-person singular, that e splits into an ie, giving us recomienda. It is easy to forget the stem change on longer verbs like this one!
Would it be correct to say este divertido contenido instead?
It would sound unnatural in everyday speech. Descriptive adjectives like divertido almost always go after the noun they modify when we are categorizing or distinguishing something (in this case, funny content as opposed to boring content). Placing the adjective before the noun is mostly reserved for poetry, marketing, or highly literary texts.
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