Breakdown of Quizás estamos por ver el mejor panorama del valle.
de
from / of
ver
to see / to look / appear
estar
to be (location/state)
mejor
better
el valle
the valley
por
for / by / through / in/during (part of the day)
quizás
perhaps / maybe
el panorama
the panorama
Questions & Answers about Quizás estamos por ver el mejor panorama del valle.
Why do we use estar por here instead of estar para?
In Latin America, estar por followed by an infinitive (like ver) is the standard way to express that an action is imminent or that you are just about to do something. If you used estar para, it would mean something closer to being in the mood for or being ready to do something, rather than focusing on the timeline.
I thought quizás triggered the subjunctive, but estamos is in the indicative. Why?
Words expressing doubt like quizás and tal vez can actually take either the subjunctive or the indicative. You use the indicative (like estamos) when you feel more certain about the statement or see it as a highly likely reality. Using the subjunctive (estemos) would communicate a much stronger sense of doubt or a lower probability of it happening.
Why is it el panorama instead of la panorama when the word ends in -a?
Why does mejor come before panorama instead of after it like most Spanish adjectives?
While descriptive adjectives usually follow the noun, adjectives of ranking, quantity, or evaluation usually go before it. Mejor (best/better) and peor (worst/worse) almost always precede the noun they modify, just like in the English phrase.
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