Breakdown of El servicio es buenísimo y la comida está riquísima.
ser
to be
y
and
estar
to be (location/state)
la comida
food
Questions & Answers about El servicio es buenísimo y la comida está riquísima.
How do we get the words buenísimo and riquísima from bueno and rico?
Wait, if the original word is rico, why is it spelled riquísima with a "qu"?
This is a spelling rule to keep the pronunciation the same. In Spanish, if you just added -ísimo to the "c" in rico, it would become "ricísima" and the "c" would sound like an "s". To keep that hard "k" sound, the c changes to qu.
Why do we use es (ser) for the service but está (estar) for the food?
Why does one end in -o (buenísimo) and the other in -a (riquísima)?
Even though they have the -ísimo suffix, they are still adjectives and must match the gender of the noun they describe. Buenísimo is masculine to match el servicio, while riquísima is feminine to match la comida.