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Phrase · 📈 Describing change

Nos hicimos amigos en el primer año de la universidad.

We became friends in our first year at university.

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Why every word is where it is

Nos1object pronoun(ourselves)nosotros · 1st pl. · direct objecthicimos1verbwe becamehacer · past · 1st pl.amigosnounfriendsamigo · masc. · pl.enprepositionineldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteprimer2adjectivefirstprimero · masc. · sing.añonounyearmasc. · sing.deprepositionofladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteuniversidadnoununiversityfem. · sing..
  • hicimos → Nos: agree
  • hicimos → amigos: agree
  • año → primer: agree
  • año → el: agree

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    hacerse amigos = to become friends. Friendship builds up over time, so hacerse, not quedarse or ponerse. Verbs of change: ponerse, quedarse, volverse, hacerse, convertirse en →
  2. 2
    primer: primero drops its -o before a masculine singular noun. Describing nouns: adjective agreement and modifiers →