Word
El gato de mi amigo es súper curioso.
Meaning
My friend's cat is super curious.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of El gato de mi amigo es súper curioso.
ser
to be
de
from / of
el amigo
the male friend
el gato
the cat
Questions & Answers about El gato de mi amigo es súper curioso.
How does the prefix súper work here, and does it need to match the gender of the cat?
Why does súper have an accent mark in this sentence?
When súper is written as a separate word before an adjective, it carries an accent mark on the u. However, official Spanish spelling rules actually recommend writing it completely attached to the adjective without an accent, like supercurioso. In everyday Latin American writing, you will see both styles used constantly.
Why do we use es instead of está for being curious? Isn't curiosity a temporary feeling?
While a cat can act curious in a specific moment, using es (from the verb ser) tells us that being curious is a permanent personality trait of this specific cat. If you used está, it would mean the cat is acting curious right now about a specific thing, rather than it being a lifelong characteristic.
Why is it El gato de mi amigo and not something like mi amigo's gato?