Questions & Answers about ¿Son ricos los amigos simpáticos?
Why is the word order "Are rich the nice friends?" instead of "Are the nice friends rich?" like in English?
Why is there an upside-down question mark at the beginning of the sentence?
Spanish uses ¿ at the start of a question and ? at the end. Because Spanish questions can have the exact same word order as normal statements, the ¿ is a helpful warning sign. It tells you right away to raise the pitch of your voice at the end of the sentence so it sounds like a question.
Why do we use son instead of están for the word "Are"?
Son comes from the verb ser, which is used to talk about characteristics, traits, and identity. Even though a person's wealth can change, Spanish treats being rich (ricos) as a core characteristic of a person, so we use ser rather than estar.
Why do the words ricos and simpáticos both end in "-os"?
In Spanish, adjectives (describing words) must match the noun they are describing. Because amigos (friends) is a masculine, plural noun, the adjectives ricos (rich) and simpáticos (nice) must also take their masculine, plural forms, ending in -os.
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