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Originally Posted by Hisuwashi
Don't you need an article in front of manzanas?
& I still don't know how to pronounce the damn words properly.  |
Nope, an article is not needed in that sentence because you don't want to specify what apples Mary eats.
You could use it though:
María come las manzanas << this only makes sense if you have previously mentioned what type of apples she's eating. Eg:
Hay unas manzanas rojas encima de la mesa, María come las manzanas (There're some red apples on the table, Mary eats
those/
the apples). But it would be better to say:
Hay unas manzanas rojas encima de la mesa, María las come << it's understood it's the apples she eats, there's no need to say the word 'apples' again since
las works as a pronoun (manzanas = feminine, plural; las = feminine, plural).
As for the pronunciation... that's hard to explain.
Come (eats) doesn't sound like "come" in English, it's pronounced like
come'eh xD
Manzanas =
man (pronounced the British way) +
zah +
n'us.