Word
No horneen el pan hasta que la masa esté muy elástica.
Meaning
Do not bake the bread until the dough is very elastic.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of No horneen el pan hasta que la masa esté muy elástica.
no
no, not
el pan
the bread
estar
to be (location/state)
muy
very
Questions & Answers about No horneen el pan hasta que la masa esté muy elástica.
Why is esté in the subjunctive here instead of the indicative?
Similar to the rule for a medida que in your current lesson, temporal clauses with hasta que use the subjunctive when they refer to an anticipated or future event. Since the dough isn't very elastic yet—it is a condition you are waiting to achieve before baking—you must use the subjunctive esté. If this were describing a habitual action (like "I always wait until the dough is elastic"), you would use the indicative está.
Why use estar (esté) instead of ser (sea) to describe the dough as elastic?
While elasticity might sound like a fixed physical trait, in this baking context it is a temporary condition resulting from the action of kneading. We use estar to describe physical states or conditions that change or are achieved through a process, whereas ser is used for permanent, inherent characteristics.
Who is the command No horneen directed at, and why does it have two E's?
If we wanted to make this an affirmative command ("Bake the bread"), would the verb form change?