Here, the subject of the sentence is la casa (lah kah-sah) (the house); then comes the verb, es (ehs) (is); after that comes the adjective, grande (grahn-deh) (big), which describes the house. In Spanish, the three basic parts of a sentence go in this order.
Here are some more examples:
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La mujer es bella. (lah moo-Hehr ehs bveh-yah) (The woman is beautiful.)
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El hombre es buen mozo. (ehl ohm-bvreh ehs bvooehn moh-soh) (The man is handsome.)
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Las calles son largas. (lahs kah-yehs sohn lahr-gahs) (The streets are long.)