Breakdown of La directora ha anunciado el nuevo acuerdo económico hoy.
nuevo
new / another, different (before the noun)
hoy
today
el director
the director / the head teacher
anunciar
to announce; to advertise
haber
to have (auxiliary)
el acuerdo
the agreement
económico
economic
Questions & Answers about La directora ha anunciado el nuevo acuerdo económico hoy.
Why is económico placed after acuerdo? Could it go before?
What happens if I try to emphasize this by saying el nuevo acuerdo muy económico?
You cannot use degree modifiers like muy or bastante with relational adjectives. An agreement cannot be 'very economic' when classifying its category. If you did say un acuerdo muy económico, the word económico would change its meaning to 'cheap', resulting in 'a very cheap agreement' rather than an agreement about the economy.
In the phrase el nuevo acuerdo económico, why does nuevo come before the noun?
Nuevo is a descriptive adjective that often goes before the noun to indicate a new status or subjective trait (the newly made agreement). Because económico is a relational adjective, it is locked into the position directly after the noun. Splitting the adjectives like this, one before and one after, is the standard way to handle having both types modify the same noun.
Why does the sentence use the present perfect (ha anunciado) instead of the preterite (anunció)?
In Spanish from Spain, the present perfect (ha anunciado) is strongly preferred for past actions that occurred in an unfinished time period. The word hoy (today) triggers this tense because the day is not over yet.
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