Compound modifiers.

Question

Please, is this sentences OK? I must use compound modifiers.

- Carmencita my friend has long-haired and she is 20-year-old.

- My brother live in a 10-story building and he has one-armed by an accident.

Thanks

Answer 1

My friend Carmencita has a long-haired

You would have to follow that with a noun, and it wuld be something that Carmencita has that is long-haired.

Carmencita has a long-haired cat.

When you are using long-haired as an adjective refering to Carmencita, you have to use a form of be and cannot use an article:

Carmencita is long-haired
Carmencita was long-haired
Carmencita has been long-haired
Carmencita had been long-haired

or you could precede the noun with the adjective:

Long-haired Carmencita is a 20-year-old.

but in this case it sounds less natural.

You could also use "long-hair" as a noun referring to a class of people, but this is less common:

Carmencita is a long-hair.

Other possibilities exist in more complicated sentences:

Carmencita, a long-haired 20-year-old, is a friend of mine livinig in Spain.

thanks lorenzo9, thanks a lot by teach me, you are great - maylegoas, Mar 16, 2011

for teaching - lorenzo9, Mar 16, 2011

Answer 2

Carmencita my friend has long-haired and she is 20-year-old.

My brother live in a 10-story building and he has one-armed by an accident.

My friend Carmencita is long-haired and is a 20-year-old.

My brother lives in a 10-story building and is one-armed because of an accident.

thanks you lorenzo9, and is posible to say: My friend Carmencita has a long-haired ..... I have a doubt. Thank you again - maylegoas, Mar 16, 2011

rabbitwho and this isn't my homework I'm learning and I hope that you teach me, - maylegoas, Mar 16, 2011

Answer 3

Long haired is an adjective so you use it with the verb to be.

20-year-old is a noun so you use the verb to be.

My brother is the third person so you need to conjugate "live"

one-armed is an adjective.