Breakdown of Él es el hombre y es inteligente.
ser
to be
el hombre
the man
él
he / him (after a preposition)
y
and
inteligente
intelligent
Questions & Answers about Él es el hombre y es inteligente.
Why does the first Él have an accent mark, but the second el does not?
The accent mark changes the meaning of the word. Él with an accent means "he" (a subject pronoun). The word el without an accent means "the" (a masculine definite article, as in el hombre). The pronunciation is exactly the same, but the written accent tells them apart.
Why is the second "he is" translated as just es instead of él es?
In Spanish, you do not always need to repeat the subject pronoun like "he" (él) if it is already clear from the context. Since the first part of the sentence establishes that we are talking about él, the second part can just say es inteligente (is intelligent) and the "he" is automatically understood.
Does the adjective inteligente change if we are talking about a woman instead of a man?
No, it stays exactly the same. While many Spanish adjectives change their ending to match the gender of the noun (usually ending in -o for masculine and -a for feminine), adjectives that end in -e are generally used for both genders. You would say la mujer inteligente just like you say el hombre inteligente.
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