Questions & Answers about ¿De verdad? ¡Qué suerte!
Why use ¿De verdad? instead of just ¿Verdad?
Verdad simply means "truth". When you ask ¿De verdad?, it acts as a set phrase meaning "Really?" or "Is that true?". If you just ask ¿Verdad? at the end of a sentence, it means "Right?" or "Isn't it?" (like "Hace frío, ¿verdad?").
Could I say ¿En serio? here instead?
Yes, absolutely! ¿En serio? and ¿De verdad? both mean "Really?" or "Seriously?" and are used interchangeably in Spain to show surprise.
If I want to say "How lucky!", do I still use ¡Qué suerte!?
Why isn't there an article like una in ¡Qué suerte!?
In Spanish exclamations that start with Qué followed by a noun, you never use indefinite articles (un, una). While English drops the article for "luck" anyway, remember this rule for things like "What a pity!" which is simply ¡Qué lástima! without a word for "a".
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