Breakdown of El precio es demasiado alto; sin embargo, es recomendable.
ser
to be
alto
tall / high
demasiado
too much / too
sin embargo
however
el precio
the price
recomendable
recommendable
Questions & Answers about El precio es demasiado alto; sin embargo, es recomendable.
Why is there a semicolon before sin embargo and a comma after it?
Could I just use pero (but) instead of sin embargo here?
Yes, you could say ...demasiado alto, pero es recomendable. The difference is mostly in tone and emphasis. Sin embargo is a bit more formal and adds a stronger sense of contrast, much like choosing "however" instead of "but" in English.
If we were talking about a feminine noun, like a house (la casa), would demasiado change to demasiada?
In this specific sentence structure, no! Here, demasiado is acting as an adverb meaning "too" or "excessively" because it describes the adjective alto. Adverbs never change their gender or number, so you would say la casa es demasiado alta. You only change the ending to match gender and number when it describes a noun, like "too many houses" (demasiadas casas).
Prices often go up and down. Why use es (from ser) instead of está (from estar) for the price?
Even though prices fluctuate over time, the set price of an item at a given moment is considered a basic characteristic or fact about that item, so we use ser. Similarly, being recomendable is seen as an inherent quality of the service or product being discussed, so the second half of the sentence also uses es.
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