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Why does cómo have an accent mark?
Question words in Spanish, like cómo (how), cuándo (when), and por qué (why), always carry an accent mark on one of their vowels. This helps tell them apart from other similar words in writing. For example, cómo means "how," but como without the accent means "like," "as," or "I eat."
Why is the verb estás used here instead of eres?
Both of these mean "you are," but they have different uses. The verb estar is used for temporary states, conditions, and feelings (like how someone is doing today). The verb ser is used for more permanent characteristics, like your identity or where you are from. Since this question asks how you are feeling right now, we use estás.
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
In Spanish, you often don't need to say the subject pronoun (in this case, tú for "you") because the verb itself tells us who we are talking about. The ending of estás is only ever used for the informal "you," so the word tú is already understood.
How do you pronounce the word hoy?
The letter h is always completely silent in Spanish. Because of this, hoy (today) is pronounced just like the English sound "oy" (rhyming with the word "boy").