Breakdown of Mi amiga escribe un poema cada semana y sueña con ser poeta famosa.
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Questions & Answers about Mi amiga escribe un poema cada semana y sueña con ser poeta famosa.
Why is it mi amiga and not mi amigo?
Because amiga is the feminine form of amigo. In Spanish, nouns referring to people usually change ending to show gender:
- amigo = male friend
- amiga = female friend
Since the sentence talks about a female friend, it uses mi amiga. The possessive mi doesn’t change; it’s the noun (amiga) that marks the gender.
Why is there no ella at the beginning, like Ella mi amiga escribe…?
Spanish normally doesn’t use subject pronouns (yo, tú, él, ella, etc.) when the subject is clear from the verb or context.
Here, the subject is mi amiga, so adding ella would be redundant and ungrammatical in that position. You could say:
- Ella escribe un poema… (She writes a poem…) – using ella instead of mi amiga
- Mi amiga escribe un poema… – using the noun phrase as the subject
But you don’t put ella and mi amiga together as a double subject.
Why is escribe (present tense) used to mean writes every week? In English we say “writes,” but isn’t there a “habitual” tense?