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¡Qué genial! Ellos están organizando una fiesta fantástica.

¡Qué genial! Ellos están organizando una fiesta fantástica.
How great! They are organizing a fantastic party.
From Lesson 75:Exclamations (¡Qué...!)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about ¡Qué genial! Ellos están organizando una fiesta fantástica.

Why does it say ¡Qué genial! when the English translation is "How great!"? Shouldn't "how" be cómo?
In Spanish, when you want to exclaim "How [adjective]!" or "What a [noun]!", you always use ¡Qué!. You only use cómo for "how" when asking a question about the way something is done, like ¿Cómo estás?.
Since the exclamation refers to the party (una fiesta), shouldn't genial be feminine?
Genial actually doesn't have separate masculine and feminine forms! Adjectives that end in a consonant (like -l, -r, or -n) or the letter -e stay the same for both genders. It would only change to match if the noun were plural (geniales).
Can I just say Ellos organizan instead of Ellos están organizando?
Yes, you can! However, están organizando emphasizes that the action is happening right now or is an ongoing project. Just like in English, Spanish uses this structure (the verb estar + the -ando ending) to highlight an action currently in progress.
Do I always have to include the word Ellos here?
No, you can drop it and just say Están organizando una fiesta fantástica. In Spanish, the -n ending on están already tells us that the subject is "they" (or "you all"). Including Ellos just adds a little bit of emphasis or clarifies exactly who you are talking about.

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