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I believe una niña is a girl or a child, when the child is female. Un niño means a boy or a child, when the child is male. A group of all female children would be las niñas. However, a group of all male OR a group of male/female mixed children would both be called los niños. (Group of both genders defaults to masculine noun in this case.) I think when you don't know the gender of the child, or you are talking about a child in a generic sense (as opposed to a specific child), you use the masculine as the default.
Yo soy= I am
Nosotros somos= We are
Ellos son= They are
Ustedes son= You are (plural)
Tú eres= You are (singular)
Usted es= You are (singular, formal)
Ella es= She is
Él es= He is
You don't have to say the pronoun when you use soy, somos, eres, because there is only one gramatical person for them, so it is not necesary to say it.
(yo) Soy un doctor = I am a doctor
(nosotros) Somos doctores= We are doctors
(tú) Eres un doctor= You are a doctor
For these three cases, you could always omit the pronoun. For any other case, it is possible to omit the pronoun, based on the context.
Where is she from?= ¿De dónde es (ella)?
If it's obvious who are you tallking about, it's not necesary to say ella.
Which one is masculine and which is feminine? I think I have it down, and then I get it wrong.
Remember this: verbs don't change with masculine or feminine. They conjugate with Person. So no matter you're a man or a woman, when I say you are here, I say: Tú estás aquí, or simply: estás aquí.
Hello alondrasil4, for saying "Eres or tu eres" is "you are" and "el es or es" it would be so "he is/she is/it is) all of them are correct, but everything depends of the first subject.
Eg: when I say "Es mas alto que yo" it could be (He/She/It - is taller than me) 'cause I don't specific which is gender of the subject.
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You need to learn the conjugation the verb "to be" in spanish I am= yo soy You are= tu eres He is= Él es She is= Ella es It is= Ello es We are= Nosotros somos You are= Ustedes(Vosotros) sois They are= Ellos son
Hello gustavolondonop, You have a mistake, in the meaning of the word "It is", it is not "Ello es", but "It is"="Eso es", although the word "Eso"we usually omit the translation of "It", therefore we say, "It is" ="Es"
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I think spanish i mainly gender specific language and to justify that they use different auxillary verbs as in "Tú eres una niña" i.e.; Tú ↦ You es ↦ are for
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"Tú" is the pronoun "you" in English. "Eres" is actually a form (more specifically the "tú" form) of the verb "ser", which means "to be" in English. We can usually drop the pronoun "tú" since "eres" is understood to be always used with "tú", as in this case.
Yo soy (I am). Tu eres (you are). El or Ella es (He or she is). That is the conjugation.
Just to expand a little on the use of es or eres. Es is the formal "you" therefore you would use it in this example if you did not know the person you are talking to or you wanted to show a degree of respect. Such as a teacher or an older person or your boss.
Eres is the informal "you" which you would use if talking with someone you knew well or perhaps a younger or junior person.
I thought that Tù means you, and es or eres means are !!
Is that OK to replace “Tú eres“ with “Usted es”？ Which one is the better choice?
Tú eres is what you would use to a friend or lower class person. (like a young child) While Usted es is used formally, such as speaking to an elder or higher class person (like a boss or teacher)
I don't get how niño is considered "a child" while niña translates to a girl. When you say "child" do you default to niño?
in spanish if you have a group of masculine and feminine things, like children. You always use the masculine form. Not always but when a word ends in "o" its masculine and when it ends in "a" its feminine. so boy is nino, and girl is nina. a mixed group of boys and girls is ninos.
Think about which syllable is stressed. If it is stressed on the last syllable and the last syllable is a consonant, no need for an accent. If it ends in a vowel, and it's stressed on the syllable before it, no need for an accent. If it's stressed anywhere else, you need an accent. (1 exception: Question words are ALWAYS stressed)
Hoped that made sense. :/
In my spanish class I learned that chica was girl and chico was boy. Is that just the way it is in spain? I had a spanish teacher from spain
It works too, but niño/niña refers more specifically to a child (a person younger than... 12, usually) and chico/chica refers to a young person (someone below... 25?). What I mean is you can refer to a child as chico/chica, although is more appropiate to use these words to refer to someone a bit older (say, a teenager or young adult)... So, yes: chico=boy, chica=girl.
Both means you are. But Usted = formal and Tú = informal. In conversation, it just depends on who you are talking to and whether you need to be formal or informal. You generally default to formal when talking to strangers.
I want to know this too!
I think the difference is politeness, though. I'm not sure.
It's tú eres and usted es. Hover over how to conjugated the verb ser = to be.
Previous question said "girl" or "child" should both be marked as correct, yet child is not accepted as a translation here
Nice fact: "Tú" means you in both spanish & hindi! (of course hindi doesn't have accents)
Eres is informal for are/is and es is formal. I typed in 'Tú es una niña' and was incorrect, meaning we must use the informal version, however when I had to translate 'You are a boy' I had to use the formal version. Why is this?
Why isn't it "tú es una niña"? I thought that es was from the verb ser which is "to be" (inherent) whereas eres from estar is to be (passing state)... Or am I confusing the conjugations...?
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Ninos is children. Remember this, a girl always ends with a a, for example, la, ella. Boys end with a o.
Hello mohammadyamini, the first difference is next:
I use "Es, Está"(Is), when It is followed by a subject in the third person singular. these are:
-(He/She/It, In English), (Él/Ella/Eso, In Spanish)
E.g:-He is tall. (Él es alto). He is crying because his girlfriend left him, (Él está llorando porque su novia lo dejó).
-She is beautiful. (Ella es hermosa). She is wearing a pair of new shoes. (Ella esta usando un par de zapatos nuevos).
-It is dirty. (Eso está sucio). It is nasty!!! (Eso es asqueroso).
I use "Eres, Somos, Son, Estamos, Está, Estás"-(Are), when it is followed by:
-The second person singular and plural(You, "Tú, Vosotros(In Spain), Ustedes, Usted"). Eg: You are lazy. (Tú eres peresoza). You are bothering/Annoying in class. (Usted está/Tú estás, molestando en clase).
-The third person of plural(They, "Ellos, Ellas"). Eg: They are stingy. (Ellas son tacañas). they are playing soccer. (Ellos están jugando fútbol).
-The first person plural(We, "Nosotros, Nosotras"). Eg: We are a group. (Nosotros somos un grupo). We are eating in the hotel. (Estamos comiendo en el hotel).
I use "Soy, Estoy"(Am) with the first person singular(I, "Yo, Me")
-I am with some friends. (Estoy con unos amigos).
-I am an artist. (Soy un artista).
Well, I hope helped you if there are doubts or mistakes please comment, that is very useful for me
Greetings and luck.
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So I thought there was a difference between "niNa" (sorry, can't find accents on my computer!) and "muchacha"! I put "You are a little girl" because I think of "niNa" as a girl child and "muchacha" as a girl of any age but especially older than 4 or 5....what say you?
Hello Mwanafunzi2, It could be, but Girl=(Muchacha,Niña,Chica) both are correct, you decide when to use it. so you can translate both of way indifferent, if you want specify it only uses "little girl"=when you refer to a girl who is between four to twelve years of age, and "Girl"=who is between thirteen to seventeen, Remember only if you want to specify the age, but you use it as if both were synonyms.
I hope helped you if there are doubts or mistakes please comment.
A greeting and luck.
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What is the difference between tu (without the accent) and tu with an accent over the u?
tú , is "you" ,(tú me dijiste- you tell me).. and "tu" is like "yours" (tu falda es bonita- your skirt is nice)
I said "you are a litle girl" and it said it was wrong....come on man....come on.
Hola Oreos, there are two ways to say this:
-You are a girl (Tu eres una niña or Usted es una niña), both are correct, but it is best to say"Tu eres Una niña, it is more formal and decent.
Not "son" because it would be so: You are girls. (Ustedes son niñas) or (vosotras sois niñas) (In Spain).
We use "Son" with the second person singular and plural(You), the third person plural(They), The first person plural(We).
Eg:-We are elected (somos los elegidos) with "we", "are" it is traslate for "somos or estamos).
We are eating(Estamos comiendo), here "are" it is (Estamos).
You are honesty.(Tu eres honesto or Usted es honesto).
You are writing a letter for her. (Usted esta/Tu estas escribiendo una carta para ella)
They are tired. (Ellos/Ellas estan cansados)
They are the winners. (Ellos son los ganadores).
I hope helped you if there are doubts or mistakes please comment.
a greeting and luck.
Bye.
Hello natalie4276, you can use "Es" but the subject in the sentence would change,
-Tu eres una chica/niña. (you are a girl).
-Usted es una chica/niña. (you're a girl)
The same for both, however you decide which one to use.
I hope you have helped if there are doubts or mistakes please comment.
Greetings and luck
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So what would be the difference in the usage of "la niña" and "la chica" then?
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Its you are a girl... its confusing to me how there is more than one way to say one word... either in a masculine or feminine way
I wrote "you re a girl" I was marked wrong for forgetting one letter, has duolingo ever heard of a typo? They better get their crap together!
Im having a realy tough time with this just when i think i know i get confused
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Si. Yo soy una mujeres Yo soy happy. Trying to take what I learned and phrase a sentence . I don't know much. ; ) Happy=? in spanish?
Hola chicos, sigan motivados y aprendan el idioma el español es genial para mi es facil por que lo hablo, me gustaria aprender ingles por ello estoy haciendo el curso. Solo recuerden lo que en ingles se generaliza con un the aqui es la, el y bueno deben poner cuidado a la ortografia es muy importante, exitos chicos.
This was easy if you just understand the difference between tu and tú. Spanish has a lot more verbs(and alot more rules. If you follow these rules spanish will come to you easy
yo i said you are a female and i believe that girls and females are quite similar..
I can't believe this many people have honestly discussed such a simple sentence.
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Does this mean if I was addressing a girl and said You are a child I would refer to her in the masculine un niño?
tu eres una nina is you are a girl but normally if u are a girl add the a if your a boy u add the o
Wen i wrote "you are a girl" it just showed up "you typed in the wrong language" ;/ Sorry for bad english
In my answer why was "little girl" crossed out and marked incorrect? Yet "female kid" - 2 words nobody puts together in conversational or formal English - is an acceptable answer?!? One question in, and already I'm all, like, "Hmm."
I don't know about the female kid part, but " girl" indicates little. Your choices are girl or woman. I don't know where the line is drawn.
No - remember, the test module is not multiple choice, and my "choices" were whatever words/phrases I chose, as they were not given as a menu of possible answers. So this doesn't explain it fully, but thanks!
To be honest, duolingo is good but they should know that some words are unknown for beginners so they shouldn't test a person like this!
I can say "Soy una mujer" in stead of "Yo soy una mujer" so my question is can I say "Eres una mujer" or do I have to add the "Tu eres una mujer"
In spanish, it's not necessary to always put the pronoun before the verb (in most cases, the conjugation makes it clear who you're talking about). So, yeah, you may say "eres una mujer" without the "tú".
Do you only use 'eres' behind 'Tú' ? Can I get a different example of 'eres' being used please
Tu: es mas personal por ejemplo: tu eres muy agradable.
Usted: es mas formal. Ejemplo: usted es muy agradable
I am having hard time get the sound. When I practiced with spanish speaking person "Tu eres una nina" was understood, but my recoding checked out wrong by the app. Any suggestions ?
Well...so far this is the one language that I'm ''flying'' through, seems to be quite easy, usually by NOW I use up 2 or 3 hearts lol.
You know what would suck? Doing the voice questions with a accent that the mic couldnt understand.
Hold down the n for a sec, it should pop up as an option. Same for accents on vowels. :)
Ive noticed people get negitive stuff just because they mispell stuff ocd much i
I am confused since usted es means you are and tù eres means you are too, please help:S
I'm confused since usted es means you are and tù esres means you are too?? Help please:S
What is the difference between 'usted es' and 'tú eres', and when do I use each of them?
So when should I use Usted and Tú cause I noticed the two of them have same meaning 'you' right?
Aqui se llama tutear cuando dices tu eres una niña, y cuando uno utiliza usted es mas formal cuando no hay confianza para tutear es mas serio.
Tu and Usted is difficult because they mean the same thing and so does many words
nino abtractly resembles 'child' its only un or una which distinguishes it to a girl or a boy
The nino ending in "o" distinguishes it as a boy already. The "un" or "una" are for other nouns that don't have such an obvious distinction, such as "una manzana" (an apple), since "an apple" is feminine (ending with an "a').
What is the"we" conjugation? (Is that nosotros?....I'm a little ahead, but i need the whole conjugation!)
Spanish is so hard for me to speak, but so easy to learn. German is easier to speak but harder to learn
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They do use English, but they also use questions in Spanish to make sure we have understood what has gone before. While slowly adding new words along the way. It is just a way of teaching. So hopefully the meaning of the words and how they should be used, stick in our memories.
