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Use of 'y' between adjectives
My book says:
Su perro tiene una nariz pequeña y negra. His dog has a little black nose. Is it correct to use 'y' in this sentence? |
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Sure, it's totally correct. It's very rare for grammar books to be wrong but questioning it shows you're understanding the language
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I appreciate your kind response. At this moment I am sad.... I bought an expensive book from Amazon just published this year and it has no reviews yet. It looked very good and is also bilingual so I bought it. But it seems from the very first chapter to have many errors in it.
It's called "First Spanish Reader for Beginners". Would you mind if I type one paragraph from it for you to translate so I can compare your translation to the English translation in the book? |
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Consider: His dog has a little black nose - Su perro tiene una pequeña nariz negra. His dog has a little and black nose. |
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And chileno, I see your point, but the sentence isn't "wrong". It isn't like grammatically incorrect, it just doesn't sound well. |
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His dog has a little, and black nose. |
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I don't think that would do it. Come to think of it it looks better without the comma, haha.
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Actually, I believe that the option the book gives would be the most common if you are not translation literally, and it's not a poem.
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A list of adjectives is separated by commas and an "y" at the end:
El perro tiene el hocico pequeño y negro. La casa está pintada de amarillo, verde y azul. What about: The dog's nose is little and black. |
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