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Okay kidos, first lesson:


Mary eats apples.


María come manzanas.


María (Mary) = subject.

Come (eats) = verb / 3rd person singular, present tense. Infinitive = comer *

Manzanas (apples) = direct object.

Singular: manzana (apple).
Plural: manzanas (apples).

* Infinitives always end in -ar, -er, -re, -ir.

If you wanna make it into a passive:

The direct object becomes the subject of the sentences, so MANZANAS (apples) will now be the subject of this new sentence.

The verb stays the same and only changes in case the subject goes from singular to plural (or plural to singular).

MARÍA (singular) was the subject of the first sentence, our subject now is MANZANAS (plural); for the passive we need the verb TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE form of whatever verb we want to use (COMER/eat).

Las manzanas son comidas por María.

Las = The (article).

Manzanas = Apples (subject, noun).

Son comidas = are eaten (son = 3rd person plural of the verb SER*, to be; comidas = past participle of COMER, eat).

Por = By (preposition).

María = Mary (object of the passive).


... easy, right? xD