Breakdown of Queremos subirnos a una atracción emocionantísima hoy.
una
a, an (feminine)
hoy
today
a
to
querer
to want
la atracción
the ride / the attraction
emocionante
exciting
subirse
to get on
Questions & Answers about Queremos subirnos a una atracción emocionantísima hoy.
How do we get emocionantísima from the base word emocionante?
To add the absolute superlative suffix (meaning "extremely" or "incredibly") to a word ending in a vowel, you first drop that final vowel. So, emocionante becomes emocionant-, and then you add the ending. Because it describes una atracción (a feminine singular noun), you use the feminine singular ending -ísima. Notice that it also gains an accent mark to keep the stress on the correct syllable: emocionantísima.
Could I just say "muy emocionante" instead of using emocionantísima?
Why is there a -nos attached to subir, making it subirnos?
The verb subir normally means "to go up" or "to climb." However, when you talk about getting on or boarding a vehicle or an amusement park ride, you use the reflexive form subirse. Because the subject is "we," the pronoun becomes nos. You can attach it directly to the end of the infinitive to make subirnos.
Why do we use the preposition a after subirnos instead of en?
In Spanish, the phrase for getting on or boarding something is subirse a. Even though in English we say "get on a ride," Spanish requires the preposition a here, not en.
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