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Tenemos un carácter idéntico y somos muy generosos.

Tenemos un carácter idéntico y somos muy generosos.
We have an identical character and we are very generous.
From Lesson 249:Comparatives of equality (igual de... que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Tenemos un carácter idéntico y somos muy generosos.

This lesson is about using igual de. How could I use that structure to express that we are equally generous?
To use the lesson's structure, you could say Somos igual de generosos (We are equally generous). The phrase igual de is always followed by an adjective or adverb. In our current sentence, the speaker uses idéntico instead, which acts as a normal adjective describing the noun carácter.
Can I use carácter to talk about a character in a movie or book?
No, carácter is a false friend! It strictly means personality, nature, or temperament. If you want to talk about a fictional character in a story, you need to use the word personaje.
Why does carácter have an accent mark?
It has a written accent because the spoken stress falls on the second-to-last syllable, and the word ends in a consonant other than 'n' or 's'. Be careful in the plural: the spoken stress shifts to the 'e', so it becomes caracteres and loses the written accent entirely!
Why do we use somos instead of estamos for 'we are very generous'?
We use ser (somos) because being generous is described as a core personality trait, which fits perfectly with the first half of the sentence. If you used estar (estamos), it would mean you are just acting generously in this specific moment, rather than it being a permanent trait.

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