Questions & Answers about ¡Qué rico el café molido!
How do we get the word molido from the verb meaning 'to grind'?
Molido is the past participle of the verb moler (to grind). Since moler is an -er verb, you drop the -er ending and add -ido. In this sentence, it acts as an adjective describing the coffee.
Because molido is acting as an adjective here, does it change its ending based on the noun?
Why does 'How delicious' translate to ¡Qué rico! instead of using cómo for 'how'?
In Spanish exclamations, when you want to say 'How [adjective]!', you always use qué. So 'How delicious!' is ¡Qué rico! and 'How beautiful!' is ¡Qué hermoso!. The word cómo is used for 'how' when asking about the way something is done, not for describing things in exclamations.
Where is the verb 'is' in the Spanish sentence?
In everyday spoken Spanish, exclamations often leave out the verb completely. You could absolutely say ¡Qué rico está el café molido!, but dropping está sounds very natural and punchy. It is similar to saying 'What delicious ground coffee!' in English.
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