Log inSign up

Nosotros somos jóvenes y fuertes.

Nosotros somos jóvenes y fuertes.
We are young and strong.
From Lesson 3:Plural pronouns and 'ser' (somos, sois, son)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Nosotros somos jóvenes y fuertes.

Why do we use somos instead of estamos here, since being young is temporary?
Even though youth doesn't last forever, Spanish treats age and physical descriptions as part of your identity or a core characteristic. For these, we use the verb ser (here, the "we" form somos), rather than estar which is used for locations and temporary states or moods.
Do I always have to include nosotros when saying "we are"?
No, you can usually drop it! In Spanish, the verb somos already means "we are," so just saying Somos jóvenes y fuertes is perfectly natural. The pronoun nosotros is only included here for emphasis or to make the subject completely clear to a beginner.
Do jóvenes and fuertes change if "we" is a group of women?
No, they stay exactly the same. Adjectives that end in -e or a consonant (like the singular forms fuerte and joven) don't have separate masculine and feminine forms. They only change to match the number, meaning we just add an -s or -es for plurals.
Why does jóvenes have an accent mark when the singular word joven doesn't?
It's to keep the spoken stress on the same syllable. In the singular joven, the natural voice stress falls on the o. When we add -es to make it plural (jóvenes), the default rules of Spanish pronunciation would shift the stress to the next syllable. We add the written accent mark on the ó to force the voice stress to stay exactly where it was.

Learn Nosotros somos jóvenes y fuertes and more in Spanish

All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.

  • ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
  • ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
  • ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free
Start learning Spanish →