"These living rooms are very modern and pretty."
Translation:Estas salas son muy modernas y bonitas.
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Why do we use son and not estan? Son is more permanent correct? Couldn't the status of the living rooms change?
People often describe'son' as referring to things that are permanent, & 'están' to things that are temporary; but I believe that to be inaccurate.
'son' (& other versions of 'ser') refer what something IS. A characteristic of that thing. Something IS pretty, it IS green, someone IS a nice person. This man IS a mechanic. Notice that a person having a nice personality, or a place being pretty, or the man's profession, aren't necessarily permanent.
'estan' (& other versions of 'estar') refer to what something is "being". A building is BEING in the location it is in, a person is BEING happy. 'Happy' does not describe what the thing IS, only what it is doing right now (being happy). Notice that though the location of a building is permanent, you would still use 'estar' because location describes not what the building IS, but it's current state of BEING.
As for 'hay', I wouldn't translate that as 'are' at all. 'Hay' describes a state of having something, or something being available. I would translate it as 'there is' or 'have'. 'Hay tomates' = 'There are tomatoes' or, perhaps more recognizably in context, you might use that phrase to mean 'There are tomatoes here.' (in a store you're shopping in or refrigerator you're looking through.)
AustinCate2 provided a really helpful answer in another forum
ESTÁN = Are - (in reference to location of something. among other things) "los gatos están en la cocina" the cats are in the kitchen.
HAY = Are - (in reference to it is/isn't there, or existence) "Hay dos neveras en la cocina" Two fridges are in the kitchen.
SON = Are - (in reference to attributes & how something is, that likely won't change) "Las neveras en la cocina son pequeñas" The fridges in the kitchen are small.
hope this is helpful!
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Perhaps it's just the specific examples used, but I'm still not understanding the difference between están and hay.
In both examples, the sentence seems to reference a location.
Están relates to location, son related to characteristic. In the sentence to be translated, the living rooms are modern and pretty. These are characteristics, not location. Does that help as to why it is son and not están?
Hay is "there is/there are" or "is there/are there" -- it is not just "are"
Hay pajaros en el jardin? ¡No! Hay muchos gatos en el jardin!
Because its a description, those adjectives are permanent or lasting atributes of the living rooms. If you want more info, go to this site
Son is a form of Ser and Estan is a form of Estar. Ser and Estar both mean "to be" but are used differently. Estar is used for how you feel and your location and Ser is used for everything else. If you said the couches are here, talking about its location, then you would use Estan.
People often describe'son' as referring to things that are permanent, & 'están' to things that are temporary; but I believe that to be inaccurate.
'son' (& other versions of 'ser') refer what something IS. A characteristic of that thing. Something IS pretty, it IS green, someone IS nice. Notice that a person having a nice personality, or a place being pretty aren't necessarily permanent.
'estan' (& other versions of 'estar') refer to what something is "being". A building is BEING in the location it is in, a person is BEING happy. 'Happy' does not describe what the thing IS, only what it is doing right now (being happy). Notice that though the location of a building is permanent, you would still use 'estar' because location describes not what the building IS, but it's current state of BEING.
As for 'hay', I wouldn't translate that as 'are' at all. 'Hay' describes a state of having something, or something being available. I would translate it as 'there is' or 'have'. 'Hay tomates' = 'There are tomatoes' or, perhaps more recognizably in context, you might use that phrase to mean 'There are tomatoes here.' (in a store you're shopping in or refrigerator you're looking through.)
I had the same question. Found this example to help myself.
Hay = There are/There is -- Hay hombres = There are men.
Son = They are... -- Son hombres = They are men.
I still can't keep it straight.
In Spanish we use "Living" room too "Ella está en el living" (She is in the living room) Just to clarify
"Salas de estar" too, and this in the house, idk if outside the house term it works like this
if salas is the correct vocabulary shouldn't it show up when you mouse over living rooms?
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Don't rely on the pop up hints. They are not a list of correct answers... only possible ones. Also... that is a crutch which will impede learning.
With 'habitaciones' that word is more commonly used for just a normal room in general, which does include a bedroom, but with the word 'dormitorio' that is more commonly associated with a bedroom where you sleep and that has a bed in.
estas salas son muy modernos y bonitos - was wrong
so if the sentence starts with feminime words or whatever then the whole sentence have to stay like that? I feel like there have been a bunch of sentences where it's mixed
You would have to give specific examples for where it's "mixed"--could be there are different nouns with different genders in the same sentence.
But yes, in this sentence, since salas is feminine, then so also are estas, modernas, y bonitas, because they're all describing the subject salas. And, as you can see, they're also all plural.
I wouldn't make a rule that says "the whole sentence has to stay like that", because it depends on the sentence, of course.
Esas is "those" Estas is "these"
You use them the same way you would use "those" or "these" in English
Google translator: "estas salas de estar son muy modernas y bonitas" (thoughts, anyone?)
Google has produced a sentence that is in the list of Duo's Correct Solutions for this exercise.
Dormitorio is bedroom or dorm(itory). I would translate living room as salón or sala de estar.
Because the hints are just that, possible translations. There are two verbs 'to be' in Spanish, so 'are' might be 'son' or 'estan', depending on the context.
estan is a conjugation of the verb estar. It is not used in this sentence, but see below for the whole conjugation.
In this sentence estas [no accent!] means "these," specifying "these living rooms."
yo estoy, tú estás, él/ella está, nosotros estamos, ellos/ellas están
The sentence is incorrect in English. If you use "modern" and "pretty" to describe the same thing, "pretty" is supposed to come first. Opinion (pretty) always comes first whereas age (modern) or even origin (modern) come after. https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/order_of_adjectives.htm
When I looked at that link I learned that by using the "and" to separate the adjectives they are "coordinating adjectives" and in that case, order does not matter. "Coordinate adjectives are also multiple adjectives that modify the same noun, but, with coordinate adjectives, their order is far less important because they can be used individually with the noun. In other words, they do not cumulate their meaning with other adjectives. Also, coordinate adjectives should be separated with commas or "and" to make it clear they're not cumulative adjectives."
You need to be careful and pay close attention to the accents used in Spanish words.
Accents not only inform you how to pronounce words--they sometimes change the meanings of words.
Esto/Este/Esta all mean "This".
Estos/Estas each means "These".
"Estar" means "To be"
"Está" = He/She/It/Usted is
"Estás" = You (singular informal) are
You are forgetting some:
Esa/Eso/Ese all mean that Esas/Esos each mean those
That would translate *really" modern? Also the "very" seems to modify BOTH "modern" and "pretty" so I don't think you can just alter "modern."
Why modernas y bonitas is used instead of modernos y bonitos ...as there is estas(musculine)
las salas is feminine. estas is also feminine. Therefore so are modernas y bonitas.
When i push 'y' for the word 'and' the female voice says ee-greer-duh. What does that mean?
When you pronounce the letter “y” in the Spanish alphabet that’s what it sounds like.
Sentences using «lindas» are in the list of Duo's Correct Solutions for this exercise.
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«ser» is used for descriptions
Ref :
https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/ser-vs-estar
https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/using-ser-with-descriptions