Word
Él está indeciso y no sabe qué hacer con su vocación.
Meaning
He is undecided and does not know what to do with his vocation.
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Breakdown of Él está indeciso y no sabe qué hacer con su vocación.
él
he
y
and
no
no, not
estar
to be (location/state)
Questions & Answers about Él está indeciso y no sabe qué hacer con su vocación.
Why does this sentence use qué hacer instead of conjugating the verb like qué hace?
This is an indirect question using a question word (qué) followed by an infinitive (hacer). In Spanish, when you talk about knowing, wondering, or deciding what to do, where to go, etc., and the person doing the action doesn't change, you use the infinitive. Since he is the one who doesn't know what he should do, we use qué hacer.
Since this isn't a direct question, why does qué have an accent mark?
Even though there are no question marks, qué hacer is an indirect question (he doesn't know the answer to the question: what should I do?). In Spanish, question words like qué, cómo, cuándo, and dónde always keep their accent marks when used in indirect questions.
Could I say Él es indeciso instead of Él está indeciso?
You could, but it changes the meaning! Using está means he is currently in a state of indecision about this specific situation (his vocation). If you use es, you are describing a personality trait, meaning he is an indecisive person in general.
Why is sabe used here instead of conoce?