Breakdown of ¡Que tengan una gala fenomenal!
tener
to have
una
a, an (feminine)
que
may / let (wish marker)
la gala
gala
fenomenal
phenomenal
Questions & Answers about ¡Que tengan una gala fenomenal!
Why does this sentence start with Que?
Starting a sentence with Que followed by the subjunctive is a common way to express a wish or a hope for someone else. It is a shortcut for saying Espero que... (I hope that...) or Deseo que... (I wish that...). So, this essentially means '[I hope] that you have a phenomenal gala!'.
Why is the verb tengan instead of tienen?
Because it follows the independent que used for wishing. Whenever you use this Que + [verb] structure to wish someone well, the verb must be in the subjunctive mood. Tengan is the present subjunctive form of the verb tener.
Who is being spoken to in this sentence?
Gala is feminine, so why doesn't fenomenal end in an a?
Adjectives that end in a consonant (like -l, -n, -r, or -z) usually have the same form for both masculine and feminine nouns. Since fenomenal ends in an -l, it stays exactly the same whether it describes a feminine word like gala or a masculine word like evento. To make it plural, you would just add -es to make it fenomenales.
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