"This is the best gift!"
Translation:¡Este es el mejor regalo!
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I asked my Mexican friend; she said that she thinks it's for emphasis to put the 'best' first
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I think it that limiting adjectives go before the noun...only, best, eight, less, etc.
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Gracias. Parece hay muchos excepciones a la regla que el adjetivo debe ser segundo https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/adjective-placement Qué molesto
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I have been learning for months to put the adjective AFTER the noun! But THIS time they want it BEFORE the noun? Why? For EMPHASIS?
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Ok, let me guess...
el mejor regalo =
(EL MEJOR) the best gift...
Esto es el regalo mejor = (EL REGALO) the better gift ?
So in order to be the best it has to be EL MEJOR ?
So could it be 'Este regalo es el mejor' ?
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Esto is neither masculine nor feminine. It is a neutral pronoun used (1) when you can't know the gender of the object: ¿Qué es esto? What is this?; or (2) when you are referring to a situation or set of circumstances: Esto es terrible. This is terrible.
Since we're saying "This (gift) is the best gift," we make "este" masculine to agree with "regalo."
