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Questions & Answers about Així està bé.
How do you pronounce Així està bé?
A good approximate pronunciation is:
- Així ≈ eye-SHEE
- està ≈ es-TAH
- bé ≈ BAY
A more Catalan-like IPA pronunciation is /əjˈʃi əsˈta ˈbe/ in Central Catalan.
A few helpful notes:
- x in així sounds like sh
- the final -í is stressed
- à shows the stress on està
- é shows the stress on bé
So the rhythm is roughly: així es-TÀ BÉ.
Why is it està and not és?
Catalan often uses estar for a temporary state or condition, while ser is more for identity, definition, or permanent characteristics.
So in Així està bé, està bé means something like it is fine / it is okay like that in the sense of a current state or result.
Compare:
- És bo = it is good, of good quality
- Està bé = it is fine, okay, acceptable
In this sentence, you are judging how something is now, so està is the natural choice.
What exactly does així mean here?