What is the most common usage of "It" in Spanish?

Question

Could someone please tell me? I use "It" alot in my everyday vocabulary and I want to know if there are one way or many ways to use it, could someone please help me'

Answer 1

Okay everyone thanks.

Answer 2

As a subject pronoun, we rarely use it unless it follows a preposition:
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It is funny = Es gracioso
without it = sin él/ella*

The preparatory "it" in English is considered redundant and incorrect in Spanish:
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It is surprising how much... = Es sorprendente cuánto...*

In Spanish, either you say "how much..." or "it", but never both, since they are the same thing. On the other hand our preparatory "le", that goes with "a él/ella", is normal in Spanish, and redundant and incorrect in English.

In all other cases, most of the time it will lo/la, depending on the gender.

Answer 3

Could someone please tell me? I use "It" alot in my everyday vocabulary and I want to know if there are one way or many ways to use it, could someone please help me?

Looking at qfreed's link, I really need to get more accustomed to using the other forms. I am more of a lo/la kind of guy. My grammatical skills need to improve immensely.

Answer 4

Could someone please tell me? I use "It" alot in my everyday vocabulary and I want to know if there are one way or many ways to use it, could someone please help me?

http://spanish.about.com/od/pronouns/a/it.htm