"The rooms are a little messy"

Question

For an exam past paper question, one must pluralise an entire sentence. Example: "La señora es conocida" --> "Las señoras son conocidas"

Not sure about one task "El cuarto está un poco desordenado" The beginning is obviously, "Los cuartos están...", but not sure how to end it. If the 'un poco' was not there it'd simply end with 'desordenados' but the 'un poco' throws me off.

Is it "Los cuartos están unas pocos desordenados"?

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Answer 1

Guillermo's sentence is correct.

I can see your confusion. In this case, un poco is being used as an adverb (describing to what extent the rooms are messy). Adverbs do not agree in gender or number with whatever they are modifying (unlike adjectives, which must do so).

You could also use algo (somewhat).

Los cuartos están algo desordenados

Thanks! - jamieculkin, Jan 10, 2011

Answer 2

The correct sentence is "los cuartos están un poco desordenados".

Thanks! - jamieculkin, Jan 10, 2011