Breakdown of ¡Qué buena crítica! El ambiente del restaurante es tranquilísimo.
ser
to be
bueno
good
qué
what
el restaurante
the restaurant
Questions & Answers about ¡Qué buena crítica! El ambiente del restaurante es tranquilísimo.
How do we form tranquilísimo from the normal Spanish word for quiet?
The base adjective is tranquilo. To add the absolute superlative suffix to mean extremely quiet, we drop the final vowel -o and add -ísimo. Notice that it always gets an accent mark on the first í to keep the pronunciation stress on that syllable.
Why doesn't the Spanish sentence say Qué una buena crítica for What a good review?
In Spanish, exclamations starting with Qué never use the indefinite articles un or una. You just say ¡Qué... ! followed directly by the noun or adjective phrase.
Why is buena placed before crítica instead of after it?
While descriptive adjectives usually go after the noun, placing adjectives like bueno or malo before the noun makes them more subjective and emotional. In exclamations, this emphasizes the speaker's personal enthusiasm.
Why do we use es instead of está for tranquilísimo?