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¿Cómo se dice «window» en español?
How do you say 'window' in Spanish?
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Why every word is where it is
¿Cómo1adverbhowse2object pronoun(one)3rddice2verbsaysdecir · present · 3rd sing.«windownounwindow (the English word)»enprepositioninespañol3nounSpanishmasc. · sing.?
- se → dice: se + 3rd person = one says
- dice → window: says what?
- en → español: en + language
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Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Question words carry an accent: cómo. Questions and negation →
- 2se dice = "one says": se + third person, no personal subject.
- 3Languages are written in lower case: español, inglés, portugués. Describing nouns: adjective agreement and modifiers →
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