Breakdown of Ese restaurante es elegantísimo y carísimo.
ser
to be
y
and
caro
expensive
el restaurante
restaurant
ese
that (masculine)
elegante
elegant
Questions & Answers about Ese restaurante es elegantísimo y carísimo.
How do the adjectives elegante and caro change to get the -ísimo ending here?
To add the -ísimo ending, you first drop the final vowel of the original adjective. Elegante loses its 'e' to become elegant- + -ísimo = elegantísimo. Caro loses its 'o' to become car- + -ísimo = carísimo. Since restaurante is a masculine noun, we use the masculine ending -o for both.
Why do elegantísimo and carísimo both have accent marks?
The suffix -ísimo (and its feminine/plural variations) always carries an accent mark on the first 'i'. This shows you exactly where to put the spoken stress. Adding this long suffix shifts the natural stress away from where it was in the original words (elegante and caro), so the written accent is required.
Why is it ese restaurante and not eso restaurante?
Ese is the masculine singular word for "that", which perfectly matches the masculine noun restaurante. Learners often try to use eso because it ends in 'o', but eso is a neutral word used for abstract ideas, statements, or unknown objects (like "What is that?"). You never put eso directly in front of a noun.
Why do we use es instead of está to describe the restaurant?
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