Questions & Answers about La pobre bailarina olvida la coreografía.
Why is pobre placed before bailarina instead of after?
When pobre comes before the noun, it means unfortunate or pitiable (as in, we feel bad for her because she forgot the steps). If it were placed after the noun (la bailarina pobre), it would mean she is financially poor. Could I say se olvida de la coreografía instead of olvida la coreografía?
Yes, both are perfectly correct! You can use the simple verb olvidar followed directly by what is forgotten (olvida la coreografía), or you can use the reflexive form olvidarse de (se olvida de la coreografía). They mean exactly the same thing in everyday Spanish. Is bailarina used for male dancers too?
No, bailarina is strictly for female dancers. A male dancer is a bailarín. If you were talking about an unfortunate male dancer, the sentence would be El pobre bailarín olvida la coreografía. Why does coreografía have an accent mark on the i?
The accent mark breaks the natural vowel blending (diphthong) at the end of the word. Without it, the stress would naturally fall on the second-to-last syllable, blending the ia together. The accent on the i forces it to be its own strongly stressed syllable: co-re-o-gra-fí-a. Learn La pobre bailarina olvida la coreografía and more in Spanish
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