I need help with sentence structure in Spanish.

Question

I am currently taking a Spanish class in college and we are learning to read, write and speak the launage, I am having trouble putting the sentenances together to make sense. Does the verb go before the noun or after? This is all new to me, I have never had any type of Spanish in high-school or in any other part of my life. I have been out of school for quite a few years now and this is really hard. Thanks for any help that you can offer. Diane

You had a misspelling in your title, which I corrected for the benefit of the English learners. - Goyo, Mar 27, 2011

sentence :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 27, 2011

Answer 1

Hi Diane,

Welcome to the study of Spanish. It will be hard work, but can be very enjoyable.

Here is a link that might help you: http://spanish.about.com/od/sentencestructure/a/word-order-in-spanish.htm

I wouldn't spend a lot of time getting hung up on that chart though. Just work through the lessons in some organized system of learning, and it will eventually begin to make sense.

Answer 2

To have a really simple sentence for Spanish: Subject + Verb + Rest of sentence. Subject: Person, you Verb: something about the subject

Ex: Juliet buys a Coke.-- Juliet compre una coca cola.

Subject: Juliet Verb: Buys