Breakdown of ¡Mira lo interesante que es este gráfico!
ser
to be
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
interesante
interesting
mirar
to look
este
this (m.sg., also esta, estos, estas, esto)
lo
the … thing (neuter article before an adjective)
el gráfico
the graph
Questions & Answers about ¡Mira lo interesante que es este gráfico!
Why does the sentence use lo interesante que to say "how interesting"?
In Spanish, the most natural way to exclaim "how [adjective] something is" uses the structure lo + [adjective] + que. While you might be tempted to translate "how" directly as cómo, cómo is mainly used for how an action is done. For pointing out the intensity of a characteristic, lo ... que is the standard formula.
Does the word lo change to match the masculine noun gráfico?
No, lo is a neuter article here and never changes in this specific structure. However, the adjective itself does change to match the noun! Because interesante is gender-neutral, it stays the same, but if we used a word like bonito (pretty) with a feminine noun like foto, it would be lo bonita que es esta foto.
Why is the verb es placed before the subject este gráfico?
Why does the sentence use mira instead of miras?
Mira is the affirmative informal command (imperative mood) for tú. To tell someone directly to do something, you drop the final -s from the normal present tense miras. If you were speaking formally to someone using usted, the command would change to mire.
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