Capítulo 3: Gramática 5, Connect 83. Sentence Structure Help?

Question

There are 4 sentences in Connect 83 that have to do with making sure the adjectives agree with the nouns they modify, and it took me an unfortunately long amount of time to figure these out (FYI the answers are further down on this page):

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~Instructions~ Describe what you or your friends are looking for by inserting the adjectives given in parentheses in their proper position in these sentences. Be sure that the adjectives agree with the nouns they modify.

 

 MODELO: Ana busca coche. (italiano, otro) ?  Ana busca otro coche italiano.

1. Buscamos motocicleta. (alemán, uno)

2. Paco busca los bolígrafos. (francés, otro)

3. Busco al escritor Mario Vargas Llosa. (grande)

4. Jorge busca perros. (pequeño, dos)

It took you a long time to figure them out, and... what did you come up with? There's an 'edit' link to add your answers to your post. - jtaniel, Oct 7, 2016

I just added my Answers/Explanations to the question. I checked them all and they should be correct - Tri-Dot3, Oct 7, 2016

Answer 1

I don't know if anyone found any of these questions as super easy, but I posted them so that my answers could partially give the idea of what they want you to do.

~1. Buscamos motocicleta. (alemán, uno) Answer =Buscamos una motocicleta alemana (English= We are looking for a German motorcycle)

• Explanation 1- Since "motocicleta" is feminine, change "uno" to feminine form; "una", then change "alemán" to feminine form; "alemena".

~2. Paco busca los bolígrafos. (francés, otro) Answer =Paco busca otros bolígrafos franceses (English= Paco seeks other French pens)

• Explanation 2- Since "los bolígrafos" is plural, change "otro" to the plural form; "otros", then change "francés" to the plural form; "franceses". I'm not 100% on this next part but I'm pretty sure we drop the "los" from in front of "bolígrafos" because the sentence would say; "Paco seeks others French pens" instead of "Paco seeks other French pens"

~3. Busco al escritor Mario Vargas Llosa. (grande) Answer= Busco al gran escritor Mario Vargas Llosa. (English= I'm looking for the great writer Mario Vargas Llosa.)

• Explanation 3- The adjective "grande" can have two meanings based on where it is in the sentence {ex.1: "una gran cuidad" = a great city. preceding the noun} -----------------or------------------ {ex.2: "una cuidad grande" = a large city. following the noun} What we want to do is make Mario Vargas Llosa a "great/impressive writer" not a "large writer". So, we shorten "grande" to "gran", then plug it in directly in front of our noun; "escritor".

~4. Jorge busca perros. (pequeño, dos) Answer= Jorge busca dos perros pequeños (English= Jorge looks for two small dogs)

• Explanation 4- Ok, so we see "perros", and that is your first clue for gender and number. We see "dos" and know that we have to change "pequeño" to the plural form; "pequeños" because there are two dogs(perros). So if we want to make the statement: Jorge looks for two small dogs, you might think: "Jorge busca dos pequeños perros" which is true, but it doesn't follow the MODELO. They want you to put the adjective last in this sentence. So you flip "perros" and "pequeños", and the statement changes to: "Jorge busca dos perros pequeños". (which still means "Jorge looks for two small dogs")

I hope this was helpful to anyone who was confused with/stuck on this Gramática

If you found this helpful, please vote for it :) if you have any questions on the subject, I'll see if I can answer them - Tri-Dot3, Oct 7, 2016