compound words
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noun + adjective
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updated Jun 14, 2013
posted by agrrawal
If you can make your question a little clearer it's helpful for our answers. I'm guessing in my response. - bandit51jd, Jun 14, 2013
Welcome to the forum, Agrrawal! - bandit51jd, Jun 14, 2013
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I remember when I was first learning Spanish and in Spain going into a local colmado and saying I wanted to buy una cosa para sacar corchos
Aha! came the reply el sacacorchos
From that day I have invented words for things and have often been right ------ not always!
updated Jun 14, 2013
edited by lagartijaverde
posted by lagartijaverde
Muchas gracias, Lagartija! Much better answer than mine! :) - bandit51jd, Jun 14, 2013
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In Spanish word order is conveyed by "noun + adjective".
In English word order is conveyed by "adjective + noun".
For example:
el gato amarillo
yellow cat
la muchacha tanta
silly girl
el cinturón negro
black belt
updated Jun 15, 2013
edited by bandit51jd
posted by bandit51jd
