Breakdown of Ella es celíaca y no puede comer gluten.
ser
to be
y
and
ella
she / her (after a preposition)
no
no / not
comer
to eat; to have lunch
poder
to be able to
celíaco
celiac
el gluten
the gluten
Questions & Answers about Ella es celíaca y no puede comer gluten.
Why do we use es instead of está, given that being celiac is a medical condition?
Why does celíaca have a written accent mark on the i?
The accent mark breaks what would normally be a diphthong (the i and a blending into one syllable). By putting the accent on the weak vowel i, it creates a hiatus, splitting the word into four syllables (ce-lí-a-ca). Because the stress falls on the third-to-last syllable, it requires an accent mark under Spanish spelling rules.
Could I use the verb tener to say she "has" celiac disease?
Gluten is spelled exactly like the English word. Is it pronounced the same way?
The spelling is the same, but the pronunciation uses pure Spanish vowel sounds. You pronounce it with the stress on the first syllable (GLOO-ten). Because it ends in n and is stressed on the second-to-last syllable, it perfectly follows standard Spanish stress rules and does not need a written accent mark.
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