Sentence of the Day - buena, bueno?

Question

En esta biblioteca hay muchos libros buenos.

There are a lot of good books in this library.

I have just read 24 sentences using buena, bueno as an adjective and all except this one has bueno {buena} before the noun. Why is this sentence different?

Gracias in advance

Answer 1

Adjectives of quantity precede the noun, muchos. Adjectives that classify or restrict the noun go after - buenos - these books are good in comparison to other books that are not.

This is a good article if you want to bookmark it Adjective and word order in Spanish

• very good article Kiwi...gracious and I like your simple explanation - foxluv Jan 18, 2012

Answer 2

Is it because there are two adjectives - muchos/buenos? And the second adjective goes after the noun?

• See Kiwi-Girls' response. - samdie Jan 18, 2012