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Questions & Answers about El monumento fue fascinante.
Fue can mean both 'it was' and 'it went'. How do I know which one it is here?
I thought we use the imperfect tense (era) for descriptions in the past. Why does this sentence use the preterite tense (fue)?
This is a great catch! If you say El monumento era fascinante, you are giving a general background description. By using the preterite fue, you are summing up a completed event, like a specific trip or tour you took. It feels more like saying 'My experience of visiting the monument was fascinating.'
Since monumento is a masculine word, shouldn't the adjective be fascinanto?
Not all adjectives change their ending to match gender! Adjectives that naturally end in -e, like fascinante (fascinating) or interesante (interesting), are gender-neutral. You use the exact same word whether the noun is masculine or feminine.