"She is a woman."
Translation:Ella es una mujer.
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When translating "She is a woman", the correct answer is given as "Ella es una mujer." Why can't the correct answer also be "Ella eres una mujer"?
Think it would mean She ARE (ERES) a woman...not ...she you....But not REAL SURE!!!
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Dude, It's not fault of duolingo, If you've a problem it is with spanish language.
I agree, this is not difficult to learn. Input like this makes developers give up on those who really try. If I were the creator of duolingo, I would sensor this dummys incessant rants, it ruins it for all. Now I have to sift thru irrelevant complaints to get to the good stuff.
In "Ella eres una mujer", eres means (you) are . So it would translate "She are a woman", which it isn't even proper grammer.
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Why did you post? No, don't wander off these words. I am really wondering, why did you post this? The fact that you took the time out of your day to post this comment is extremely absurd. This comment is very irrelevant to the topic people are discussing. I am surprised that people will even reply to such a comment. Most of us are here to learn, not to hear your unnecessary complaints but let me ask again, why did you post this? No, don't wander off these words. I am really wondering, why did you post this? The fact that you took the time out of your day to post this comment is extremely absurd. This comment is very irrelevant to the topic people are discussing. I am surprised that people will even reply to such a comment. Most of us are here to learn, not to hear your unnecessary complaints but let me ask again, why did you post this? No, don't wander off these words. I am really wondering, why did you post this? The fact that you took the time out of your day to post this comment is extremely absurd. This comment is very irrelevant to the topic people are discussing. I am surprised that people will even reply to such a comment. Most of us are here to learn, not to hear your unnecessary complaints but let me ask again, why did you post this? No, don't wander off these words. I am really wondering, why did you post this? The fact that you took the time out of your day to post this comment is extremely absurd. This comment is very irrelevant to the topic people are discussing. I am surprised that people will even reply to such a comment. Most of us are here to learn, not to hear your unnecessary complaints but let me ask again, why did you post this? No, don't wander off these words. I am really wondering, why did you post this? The fact that you took the time out of your day to post this comment is extremely absurd. This comment is very irrelevant to the topic people are discussing. I am surprised that people will even reply to such a comment. Most of us are here to learn, not to hear your unnecessary complaints but let me ask again, why did you post this? No, don't wander off these words. I am really wondering, why did you post this? The fact that you took the time out of your day to post this comment is extremely absurd. This comment is very irrelevant to the topic people are discussing. I am surprised that people will even reply to such a comment. Most of us are here to learn, not to hear your unnecessary complaints but let me ask again, why did you post this?
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You: Tu eres - Tu comes - Tu saltas - Tu lees
Singular: Ella es - Ella come - Ella salta - Ella lee -
Plural: Ellas son - Ellas comen - Ellas saltan - Ellas Leen
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I also wondered about that, but I looked at the conjugation of eres and it said that yo ( I ) is soy, tu ( you ) is eres, and el, ella, and usted are es.
It is because eres is usually used for you. Example: Tú eres una mujer=You are a woman. Eres used for Ella since eres is used to direct someone you're talking in person
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You have to conjugate the verb to match the subject. You wouldn't say I is, you would change the verb to say I am. In Spanish it is conjugated as
Yo soy Tú eres Él, ella, usted es Nosotros(as) somos Vosotros(as) sois Ellos,Ellas,Ustedes son When there is only 1 subject for the verb it can be condensed into just the verb. So yo soy can become just soy. Sometimes they drop the subject when it shares the verb too. Like this sentence, it can be translated to "Es una mujer" which can mean, you (formal) are a woman, he is a woman (but this is knocked out because woman is feminine), she is a woman, or since there is no subject pronoun for "it" this can also simply mean, "it is a woman".
Eres means are es means is when. Speak both options aloud in english and see which one sounds like proper grammar.
Eres is are so you would be saying " She are a woman" es means is do you get the difference now? Hope it helped!
because the sentence "she is a woman" in spanish is translated "Ella es una mujer" is literally translated as those exact words. The sentence "Ella eres una mujer" is translated as "she you're a woman", this is coming from a mexican that has a father born in mexico, he explained it to me, but back on track. Do you see how that might be confusing? 'Cause you are saying to them "she you're a woman" confusing and slightly insulting unless they really are a woman
Eres means are. So that would be: she are a woman. I like to remember es as being is because they sound so a like.
Es also can mean are. Here 's a example, Usted es un nino. It means you are a boy.
Damn french is getting in the way of learning Spanish. Who else typed in "Elle" instead of "Ella"?
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Ella = she El= he
Ellos = they (masculine and mixed) Ellas = they - but exclusively only used to refer to women in groups. So if 99 women and 1 guy = still Ellos
a group of women only = Ellas
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In spanish, the pronoun can be implied, as the conjugated forms of verbs are different. Es is different than soy, eres, somos, sois, and son, so we know that its either it, he, she, or you(formal). Context would be given previously to determine who/what is the subject.
Why are not both ella es una nina and ella es una mujer correct? The English Spanish online translation says both are correct.
Yes, I understand that. But is it not correct to say: Ella es una nina. Ella es una mujer.
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In English, we use girl to mean the same thing as woman, so you can call an adult a girl. In Spanish, though, nina specifically refers to a female child, and thus is not interchangeable with mujer, which obvsies refers specifically to adult females.
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Are you commenting on the conjugation of the verb or the meaning of the noun? Are you confused by the "es" part or the "nina/mujer" part?
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Tú eres una mujer= You are a woman. Ella es una mujer= She is a woman.
ok so maybe I went to formal, I tried Esta usted una mujer. On how many levels did I screw up?
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formal is only reflected to speak to 'you' formally. In this sentence, the subject is she, so usted plays no role here. Also, the use of 'estar' is incorrect here, you must use 'ser'. This is because being a woman is a permanent condition, then 'ser' applies. Ella está una mujer is wrong. Ella es una mujer is right. Both would translate to She is a woman.
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to be, like ser, but each one is used in different constructions.
As an example, to state current locations 'estar' must be used (I am at <xxxx> estoy en <xxxx>)
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Eres is the conjugation for you... You aren't attempting to say you are a woman, but rather, she is.
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No, because la is not a pronoun but an article. It would be like asking if the sentence "The is a woman" is right.
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I had the record for this, and I spoke "Ella es una mujer," (at least that was my intent. I said a different word, but it registered. Anyway, to the problem) and it said I succeeded, having heard "Es una mujer." I assume the she is kind of implied, but I'm wondering in which cases are the pronouns unnecessary. Would it be just in the cases where you make the gender obvious by the rest of the sentence?
es is conjugate of ser esta is conjugate of estar
the general difference is state. ser is more permanent while estar is temporary. ie. gender is permanent (for the most part) and mood (happy, sad) is temporary
Because 'usted' means 'you' not 'she'. So if you write usted the sentence would mean "You is a woman."
You're saying, YOU are a woman vs SHE is a woman. If you're conversating, it just depends on who you are talking about :). But this question asked for SHE.
See my above post about ser vs estar. Gender is permanent (for the most part), so es is the correct translation.
Hello the test of lesson 1 doesn't let me go pass the girl or la nina. I get to the end of lesson 1 and the check answer won't light to check the answer. Thanks
una is 'a', la is 'the' for feminine forms, same with un and el, but those are the masculine forms
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Why is "Es una mujer" listed as a correct answer. I got it wrong by not selecting it. Wouldn't that translate to "is a woman"? Don't see how it translates to "She is a woman".
In Spanish, pronouns are sometimes left out since the verb conjugation usually shows it. This does not happen in English, which is why this may often be confusing
"Ella es una mujer" means "she is a woman" where as "es una mujer" means "is a woman" i dont see how i got this wrong.
Two L's side by side in Spanish make a Y sound. So its just "Eya" (Think like Heya without the H sound)
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¿ es una mujer? That makes no sense it should be ella es una mujer right? Someone please explain
Why is "Es una mujer" also a correct answer? Wouldn't that just mean "Is a woman" ?
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Why is "Es una mujer" correct here? Who is the subject in such a sentence? From what DL has taught me so far, the spanish "es" means the same as the english "is".
I put "Ella es una mujer" as my answer it counted as wrong because "Es una mujer" is correct, also???
It's still showing the right answer in comments but doesn't give the option to choose Ella.
Guys spanish is not like english. All the words they would say are mixed up. Like football. You would say something like "jugar al futbol americano"
i said ellas es una mujer and it said you used the wrong word. Is that a glitch?
When translating "She is a woman", the correct answer is given as "Ella es una mujer." Why can't the correct answer also be ¨Ella es un mujer?"
Un = masculine una = feminine. So woman is implied feminine :)
For non-implied nouns, the general rule of thumb is if it ends in o use un if it ends in a ie. una manzana
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So I got it wrong, I don't friggin' know effing Spanish! But why did you guys say: ""mujer" is feminine, not masculine."? When I said: "Ella es ella ... es she's she's (she) is una mujer." I'll never get this if you don't explain anything.
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Glee You have to translate "She is a woman". Mujer is "Woman". you are wrong. You should stop cheating and start trying or get a rosetta stone.
