why do the spanish turn the words around in a sentence
I was wondering why in the spanish language they turn the words around alot in a sentence, but not always.
why do they do that? and how do we know when to do that?
example:
they would say " i want to take an adventure exotic" instead of i want to take an exotic adventure.
i don't know when i'm suppose to do that in a sentence. and it doesnt make alot of sense.
please explain.
5 Answers
Why is it that so many people think that other people's languages are odd/illogical and that their own is "natural"?
What makes you think it's them turning words around? Maybe it's us doing that.
We just had a thread about this earlier today that will give some enlightenment as to when adjectives precede the nouns.
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Goyo certainly had a good point; people who grow up speaking Spanish ask themselves why people turn English around!... Anyway, if it helps you with the logic behind the descriptive words going after the words they describe, think of it like this. Take the concept of "red car". For whatever reason, the Spanish language prioritizes the word "car", and therefore puts it first. In that sense a sentence like "I want a car red" makes sense in that you hear the type of item that is desired before you hear the details about the item.
Different languages have different word orders. If you try to remember that languages are just tools for communication and that they don't all have to follow the same rules, it might make it a little less crazy for you.
why do the spanish turn the words around in a sentence?
They turn them around because when people talk in spanish they always put the adjective first
I think koley5 meant to say that in Spanish you put the noun first and the adjective after the noun (most of the time). In English, true, it's the other way around.
