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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.
Goodbye and I hope helped you if there are doubts or errors please comment.
Greetings for everybody.
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"
I hope have you helped if there are doubts or mistakes please comment
greetings and luck
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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
"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 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.
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)
It's tú eres and usted es. Hover over how to conjugated the verb ser = to be.
Nice fact: "Tú" means you in both spanish & hindi! (of course hindi doesn't have accents)
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...?
Ninos is children. Remember this, a girl always ends with a a, for example, la, ella. Boys end with a o.
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?
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.
Bye.
Previous question said "girl" or "child" should both be marked as correct, yet child is not accepted as a translation here
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.
I said "you are a litle girl" and it said it was wrong....come on man....come on.
