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- "No, no estoy bien."
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Estoy is for something temporary e.g. estoy bien (i am well - but i could become unwell) vs Soy Pedro (i am Pedro)
no, it's impossible to be "bien" or "no bien" in general that's why it is gramatically impossible hahaha
Yo soy still works but if soy means "i am" yo soy is the same just strange grammar. Its one downside to duolingo is the grammar is sorta poor in places
No, soy does not work here.
Yo soy isn't strange grammar. Spanish is a pro drop language. Because the verb tells you who's doing it, you can omit the pronoun. Either way is correct.
Danielconcasco is correct & so is the other gentlemen. from what I've learned thus far.... While technically correct either way grammar wise, it is often dropped in speech.
So "Yo Soy de Tennessee" is fine written, it would likely be spoken "Soy de Tennessee"
He's a link that will help.... https://www.thoughtco.com/use-of-subject-pronouns-in-spanish-3079375
It isn't strange grammar. Frequently the pronoun is dropped, and using it all the time suggests you aren't a native or well versed speaker. However, even a native speaker would use it as emphasis. Such as if everyone else said they were from New York City, you may emphasize that you're not: Yo soy de Tennessee.
Estar is used for temporary things: feelings, location, and also used as an auxliary verb for progressive. Ser is used for more permanent characteristics: description (personality or physical appearance, but not emotion), career, origin, or time. An easy acronym to remember for ser is DOCTOR; feel free to look it up as it may help you with this.
Think of Estoy, conjugated from the verb Estar, as describing a temporary condition such as health and location.
Bien is more like "fine" and bueno is more like "good". You would answer with bien to say how you are doing. Bueno is more with things.
"No, no estoy bien." Translation:No, I'm not ok. What is wrong with "I'm not well?"
someone grab the eyeliner and skinny jeans, my emo phase is coming back full force
I know. The same happened to me. It's inconsistent and very discouraging! I hate Duo when it does that!
Me feeling very pround and smart: "i'm not ok."
The Bird: Wrong you fool it is "No, I'm not ok!"
Why?
I got no,no I am not ok wrong im just confused why are their 2 no's it is very inconsistant
It's not inconsistent. The first no is for the English no, the second corresponds to not.
No, no estoy bie. I put I am not well. It was wrong, but in english we do not use a double negative.
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"No ,am not well " should be accepted ! Bien is more Well actually than OK. So why was my answer wrong? Also it rejects Miss for senorita and wants only Young Lady. Why? Young lady is Miss. Whats with Duo?
No, you forgot the I.
I am not well.
Miss and young lady aren't interchangeable in English. You can't say I see the Miss. It doesn't sound natural.
What is the difference between I'm and I am. Makes no sense to get dinged.
I think "no, I'm not feeling good" is a reasonable translation, but Duolinguo disagrees.
This talking about a broader idea than how you are feeling. It's simply how you are.
"Así-así" is "So-so". You can use "bien" for fine or good and "Muy bien" for very good.
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In English we don't use double negatives I shouldn't have to put the no in front of I'm not well
This is not a double negative. The No is not part of the clause.
Why is "No, no I'm not well" marked wrong? Would that be "No, no, no estoy bien" or something? I don't see why it wouldn't be accepted otherwise.
I don't understand why there are two "no"s in this phrase. shouldn't one "no" be enough?
This reflects how both English and Spanish are actually used. We often respond like this:
Are you hungry?
No, I'm not hungry.
the first no is used to answer the question, and the second no is used to make the verb negative, No, i'm not ok. Anyway you can just say no estoy bien.
No, you included an extra no. The first Spanish no means no and the second Spanish no means not.
