Breakdown of Eres muy importante para mí.
ser
to be
para
for / in order to (+ infinitive) / by (a deadline)
muy
very
mí
me
importante
important
Questions & Answers about Eres muy importante para mí.
Why do we use mí here instead of me or yo?
After most prepositions like para (for/to), a (to), or de (of/from), Spanish uses special prepositional pronouns. For "me", the correct word is mí. You cannot say para yo or para me.
Why does mí have an accent mark?
The accent mark is just for writing. It tells apart mí (the pronoun "me") from mi (the possessive word "my", as in mi amigo). Both words sound exactly the same when spoken.
The English translation says "important TO me", so why use para instead of a?
While English uses "to" in this expression, Spanish uses para (for). The phrase is always importante para (literally "important for"). Saying importante a mí sounds unnatural to a Spanish speaker.
Does importante change depending on whether I am talking to a man or a woman?
No. Adjectives that end in -e like importante, inteligente, or grande are used for both masculine and feminine people. It only changes to importantes if you are talking to more than one person.
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