Comments on: quick spanish sentence question?

By: Juanita

Juanita — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:05:53 +0000

I say the same question, when I study English! We say “in English is all backwards”! XD
In Spanish, first we say the noun.
The phrase is “¿Cuál (don’t forget the accent) es tu película favorita (“película” is a feminine noun, so we use “a”)?
Note: We use the question mark at the first and in the end of the senteces!

I hope help you! XD
And I sorry for my bad English!!!
Chau!!

By: GrahamH

GrahamH — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:10:44 +0000

Randy P’s answer just about sums it up – just to point out that it;s “película favorita” (not “favorito”), since “película” is a feminine noun.

By: tot♡ro

tot♡ro — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:11:21 +0000

In Spanish, when you’re describing a noun, the adjective goes after it. In English, the structure is opposite: adj. then noun

Ex: ‘a red (adj.) apple (noun)’, in spanish would be: ‘una manzana (noun) roja (adj.)’

It’s not just certain sentences. It’s for whenever you’re describing a noun w/ an adjective.

It’ll seem pretty natural to you eventually.

By: Randy P

Randy P — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:50:14 +0000

In Spanish, adjectives usually go after the noun. So whenever you say “adjective noun” in English, it’s probably “noun adjective” in Spanish.

For example, “red book” -> “libro rojo”
“big dog” -> “perro grande”
“younger sister” -> “hermana menor”