Learn Spanish (Spain): ¡Qué pena! Otro día.

¡Qué pena! Otro día.

What a pity! Another day.

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Questions & Answers about ¡Qué pena! Otro día.

In English we say "What a pity". Why isn't there an una after Qué here?

In Spanish exclamations starting with Qué, you drop the indefinite article (un or una) before the noun. You just say ¡Qué pena!, never ¡Qué una pena!.

I always want to say Un otro día for "Another day". Why is it just Otro día?

The word otro already means "another" or "other". Adding un or una before it is a very common trap for English speakers, but it is always incorrect in Spanish. You never put un before otro.

Día ends in an "a". Why does it use the masculine word otro instead of otra?

Even though it ends in the letter "a", día is a masculine noun. It is one of the most common rule-breakers in Spanish! Because it is masculine, any adjectives describing it must also be masculine, which is why we use otro.