The wild bear had broken the chair in Spanish 🇪🇸

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Sentence info.

The Spanish sentence “El oso salvaje había roto la silla.” translates to “The wild bear had broken the chair.” in English. Here’s how the sentence is formed:

1. “El” is the definite article “the” and it agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, which in this case is “oso” (bear), a masculine singular noun.

2. “Oso” is a singular masculine noun that means “bear.”

3. “Salvaje” is an adjective meaning “wild.” In Spanish, adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify, so “salvaje” can be used for both masculine and feminine nouns in singular form.

4. “Había roto” is the past perfect tense of the verb “romper” (to break) and is used to talk about something that had happened before another past action or time. “Había” is the auxiliary verb “haber” in the imperfect tense, and “roto” is the past participle of “romper.”

5. “La silla” is the direct object composed of the definite article “la” (the) for feminine singular nouns, and the feminine singular noun “silla” (chair).

Tips to remember:

– The structure of the past perfect in Spanish is similar to English: subject + auxiliary verb “haber” + past participle of the main verb.
– Adjectives follow the nouns in Spanish, contrasting with English, where adjectives precede the nouns.
– The past participle “roto” remains the same for both masculine and feminine singular objects.

Alternate ways to say “The wild bear had broken the chair.”:

1. El oso salvaje había destrozado la silla.
2. El oso silvestre había roto la silla.
3. La silla había sido rota por el oso salvaje. (The chair had been broken by the wild bear – passive voice)

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