Question

Instruction: Compare the following well-formed translations with grammatically incorrect sentences (indicated with an asterisk at the beginning) and note any patterns you recognize:

English Right Wrong
This book Este libro *Estos libro

These chairs Estas sillas *Esta sillas

That plate Ese plato *Esos plato

Those cars Aquellos carros *Aquel carros

Those houses Aquellas casas *Aquellos casas

Answer 1

The pattern I see is that you confuse number and gender.

• *Estos libro → It is not written in the plural because it speaks only of a book.
• Esos plato → It is not written in the plural because it only speaks of one dish.
• Aquellos carros → It is not written in the singular and masculine because it speaks many cars (masculine).
• Aquellas casas → It is written in feminine because it talks about some houses (feminine).

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