Questions & Answers about Ellas son simpáticas y felices.
Why does this sentence use son instead of están for "happy"?
Son comes from the verb ser, which we use for essential traits and personality. By saying son felices, you are saying they are generally happy people. If you used están felices (from the verb estar), it would mean they are just feeling happy right now as a temporary mood. Why is it spelled felices and not "felizs"?
In Spanish, words that end in -z (like feliz) follow a special spelling rule to become plural. You have to change the -z to a -c before adding -es. So, feliz (singular) becomes felices (plural). Why does simpáticas end in -as?
Spanish adjectives have to match the gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) of who they describe. Because ellas refers to a group of females (feminine plural), the base adjective simpático (nice) changes to its feminine plural form: simpáticas. Wait, does felices also change for masculine and feminine?
No. Adjectives that end in a consonant (like feliz) or an -e usually have the exact same form for both masculine and feminine nouns. So, a group of men would be ellos son felices, and a group of women is ellas son felices. Learn Ellas son simpáticas y felices and more in Spanish
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