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Regular Nouns

Generally, with a few key exceptions, the position of nouns in relation to the descriptive words is opposite from the position in English. Descriptive words such as adjectives (color, size) generally follow the noun described.

Example:

English: the new house
Spanish: la casa nueva

English: the black book
Spanish: el libro negro
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English: the old building
Spanish: el edificio viejo


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