Questions & Answers about ¡Qué locura! Este videojuego es genial.
Why is there no word for "a" in ¡Qué locura! like we might use in English ("What a crazy thing!")?
In Spanish exclamations using ¡Qué... ! plus a noun, you drop indefinite articles like un or una. You just connect the words directly, like ¡Qué locura! (literally "What madness!").
Does ¡Qué locura! always mean something good, like in this sentence?
Not always! While locura literally means "madness" or "insanity," the phrase ¡Qué locura! is a versatile reaction meaning "How crazy!" or "That's crazy!". Depending on the context, you can use it to express amazement at something unbelievably good (like this awesome game) or shock at something terrible.
Since videojuego is a masculine word, why do we use este instead of esto?
This is a very common mix-up! Este is the actual masculine singular word for "this" when it points directly to a noun (like este videojuego). Esto is the neuter form, which is only used when you are talking about an unidentified object or a general idea, never right before a noun (for example, asking "What is this?" translates to ¿Qué es esto?).
Why do we use es instead of está with genial?