Questions & Answers about ¡Qué cuna tan bonita!
Why does the sentence use "tan" instead of just putting the adjective next to the noun?
In Spanish exclamations, the standard structure is Qué + noun + tan + adjective (literally, "What crib so beautiful!"). While English groups it as "What a beautiful crib!", Spanish uses tan (so) to emphasize the adjective at the end.
Why isn't there an "una" after "Qué"? Shouldn't it be "Qué una cuna"?
In Spanish, you never use un or una (a/an) immediately after Qué in an exclamation. Even though English says "What a...", Spanish jumps straight from Qué to the noun.
Could I use "más" instead of "tan" in this sentence?
Yes! In Latin American Spanish, you will frequently hear both ¡Qué cuna tan bonita! and ¡Qué cuna más bonita! They mean exactly the same thing and are used the exact same way.
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