Breakdown of Su embarazo es una buena noticia.
ser
to be
su
his/her/its/their/your (formal)
la noticia
the news
bueno
good
el embarazo
the pregnancy (false friend: not embarrassment)
Questions & Answers about Su embarazo es una buena noticia.
Does embarazo mean "embarrassment"?
No, this is one of the most famous "false friends" in Spanish! Embarazo means "pregnancy." If you want to talk about "embarrassment," you would use the word vergüenza. To say someone is embarrassed, you would say they are avergonzado or avergonzada.
Why does the sentence say una buena noticia if we just say "good news" in English?
In English, "news" is an uncountable noun, so we never say "a good news." In Spanish, however, the word noticia is countable. You use the singular una noticia to talk about a single piece or item of news, and the plural noticias to talk about the news in general.
Since this lesson is about ser and estar, what does the adjective bueno mean with each verb?
Here we use ser (es) because we are identifying what the pregnancy is (a piece of good news). When used as a standalone adjective, ser bueno means something or someone is fundamentally good, high-quality, or kind. If you use estar bueno, the meaning changes completely! It usually means that food is very tasty, or in casual speech, that a person is physically attractive.
Why is buena placed before noticia instead of after it?
While most descriptive adjectives in Spanish come after the noun, common adjectives of quality like bueno (good) and malo (bad) are very often placed before the noun. Putting it before noticia is extremely common and emphasizes the positive nature of the news.
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