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"We are both students."
Translation:Ambos somos estudiantes.
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You only use "ambos" at the end of a sentence when you want to emphasize that both are participating, but you have to add a comma: "somos estudiantes, ambos", otherwise, you're safe saying "ambos" at the beginning of the sentence.
I wrote "somos ambos estudiantes" and it was marked incorrect :/ 6/11/16
Reported. Received feedback 2/4/18 - “somos ambos estudiantes” is now accepted.
Makes sense; in English, either "we are both students" or "both of us are students" work.
It is a temporary state but it's not an adjective. Only adjectives that describe a temporary state take estar.
I think it's because it's similar to your job/occupation, and jobs in spanish always use 'ser' not 'estar'
I suppose that "Ambos de nosotros somos...." is redundant? It was marked as incorrect.
I wrote "somos ambos estudiantes" and was marked wrong. Why the need for nosotros?
Same question from me: what's wrong with "somos ambos estudiantes" (maybe another person asking will help - there are already 3 others).
De esa forma no me parece, si pones "los" primero sí ó sea "Los dos somos estudiantes."
Well, I put Los dos somos estudiantes and it was right. Is it necessary to us Ambos?
I am new to duolingo; but I said nosotros ambos estudientes and it didn't like it. Is nosotros (we are) different from somos (we are)?
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Yes. "Nosotros" is just the pronoun for "we" or "us," so does not mean "we are." You need a verb with it -- "nosotros somos" means the same as "somos," and the "nosotros" is redundant.
"Somos ambos estudiantes" was incorrectly marked as wrong, also for me, today 2017-04-30
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"Nosotros somos estudiantes" is just "we are students", the "both" adds other words (ambos, los dos) :)
Nosotros doesn't tell that there are specifically two of you. It only stays that there are more than one and you are part of the group. You need a word like ambos or dos to express the thought completely.
"Ambos" already tells you it's more than one person, "somos" already tells you it is "nosotros" so adding "nosotros" is completely redundant and unnecessary and it doesn't sound the least bit natural.
i do not understand why "nos dos somos estudiantes' was not accepted. Im pretty sure Ive heard that in conversation..? Thanks
still requires nosotras on May 28, 2017. And... note that the translation inside the discussion is Translation:Ambos somos estudiantes. so many of us knew this... but still the glitch. Or not enough people/time to get to this one. ?
