Question 1

If this sentence is the answer, what Wh-question word was used to ask it?

Accepted Answer

This is a classic response to a question starting with cómo (how). Someone likely asked ¿Cómo estás? (How are you?) or ¿Cómo estáis? (How are you all?).

Question 2

Why does the sentence say just estoy but then uses the word él before está?

Accepted Answer

In Spanish, the verb usually tells you who is doing the action, so you often drop words like "I" (yo) or "he" (él). Estoy already means "I am." However, we include él here for contrast. The speaker is emphasizing the difference between how they feel and how he feels.

Question 3

Why does él have an accent mark?

Accepted Answer

The accent mark distinguishes él (he) from el (the). They sound exactly the same when spoken, so the written accent is the only way to tell them apart in writing!

Question 4

Why do we use estoy and está here instead of soy and es?

Accepted Answer

Both sets of verbs mean "to be," but we use the verb estar (which gives us estoy and está) to talk about feelings, health, or temporary states. You are answering how you are doing right now, which is always expressed with estar.

Question 5

How does the word order work for él no está bien?

Accepted Answer

To make a sentence negative in Spanish, you simply put the word no directly before the verb. So "he is not well" is literally built as "he not is well" (él no está bien).

Estoy muy bien, pero él no está bien.

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