¿Compartimos el algodón de azúcar?

to share

Breakdown of ¿Compartimos el algodón de azúcar?

• el algodón de azúcar: the candyfloss

Questions & Answers about ¿Compartimos el algodón de azúcar?

Why is compartimos used here? Isn’t that just we share?

Yes, compartimos is literally the present tense form meaning we share. But in Spanish, the present tense is also often used to make a suggestion or proposal, especially in a question.

So ¿Compartimos el algodón de azúcar? can mean something like:

• Shall we share the cotton candy?
• Do we share the cotton candy? depending on context

In everyday conversation, the intended meaning is usually clear from the situation and tone.

This is similar to English using the present in suggestions, like So, we split it?

Why isn’t nosotros included?

Spanish usually drops subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• compartimos = we share / shall we share

So nosotros is unnecessary here.

You could say ¿Nosotros compartimos el algodón de azúcar?, but that sounds more emphatic or contrastive, as if you were stressing we rather than someone else.

Why is there el before algodón de azúcar?