Word
El perro es leal y feliz.
Meaning
The dog is loyal and happy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about El perro es leal y feliz.
If the sentence was about a female dog (la perra), would the adjectives change to leala and feliza?
I learned that emotions use está instead of es. Why does this sentence use es with feliz?
You're right that está feliz is used to say someone is happy right now (a temporary mood or state). However, using es (from the verb ser) describes a permanent characteristic or personality trait. Here, es feliz means the dog has a generally happy nature, not just that it happens to be in a good mood at this exact moment.
How would these adjectives change if we were talking about multiple dogs (los perros)?
They would both become plural, but you have to watch out for a special spelling rule. To make leal plural, you just add -es to make leales. But for feliz, Spanish words ending in -z change the z to a c before adding -es. So it becomes felices. The full plural sentence would be: Los perros son leales y felices.