Breakdown of ¡Qué lástima! No tenemos ningún plan fantástico hoy.
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no, not
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to have
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what
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today
Questions & Answers about ¡Qué lástima! No tenemos ningún plan fantástico hoy.
Why is there no word for 'a' in ¡Qué lástima! when the English translation says 'What a shame'?
In Spanish exclamations that use ¡Qué! followed by a singular noun, you do not use the indefinite article (un or una). You connect qué directly to the noun, which is why 'What a shame!' is simply ¡Qué lástima! rather than ¡Qué una lástima!.
In the phrase ¡Qué lástima!, is lástima a noun or an adjective?
It is a feminine noun meaning 'pity' or 'shame'. As you are learning in this lesson, qué can be used to emphasize both adjectives (like ¡Qué fantástico! - 'How fantastic!') and nouns (like ¡Qué lástima! - 'What a shame!').
Why does the sentence use both No and ningún?
In Spanish, double negatives are strictly required in situations like this! If a negative word like ningún (meaning 'no' or 'not any') comes after the verb, you must also place no before the verb. Literally, it translates to 'We do not have no plan.'
Why is the word ningún used instead of ninguno?
The word ninguno drops its final o and gains a written accent mark whenever it is placed directly before a masculine singular noun. Because plan is a masculine singular noun, ninguno shortens to ningún.