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La actriz famosa canta muy bien.

La actriz famosa canta muy bien.
The famous actress sings very well.
From Lesson 41:To know (saber vs. conocer)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of La actriz famosa canta muy bien.

cantar
to sing
muy
very
bien
well
famoso
famous
la actriz
the actress

Questions & Answers about La actriz famosa canta muy bien.

Since this lesson is about saber and conocer, how would I change this to say "The famous actress knows how to sing"?
You would use saber (which is used for knowing how to do a skill) followed by the unconjugated verb: La actriz famosa sabe cantar. Our current sentence just uses canta, which simply means she "sings."
Why is famosa placed after actriz?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like famosa (famous) usually come after the noun they describe. So, instead of "famous actress," the order is "actress famous" (actriz famosa).
Actriz doesn't end in -a. How do I know if it's masculine or feminine?
Actriz (actress) is the specific feminine form of the masculine word actor. Even if you didn't know that, you can tell it is feminine in this sentence because it is paired with the feminine word for "the" (la) and the adjective ends in -a (famosa).
Why do we use bien here instead of buena?
Bien means "well," and it describes how an action is done. Here, it describes how she sings (canta). Buena means "good" and is used to describe nouns (people, places, or things). If you wanted to say she is a good actress, you would say una actriz buena.

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