can "and" be "e" in spanish

Question

Yo e mis hijos.

Is the "e" a word when it is used as "and" in Spanish? Or is it always "y"?

Answer 1

Yes it can. Check out The Learn Spanish Videos #4.2 for the details.

Answer 2

Perdona por esa pobre explicación anterior. Ya aprendi que no debo escribir en un idioma que no he aprendido todavía. Tu utlilizas "e" cuando las palabras comienzan con la letra "i" o con la letra "h" seguido por "i". En español la "h" es muda. Ejemplos: "Padres e hijos", " Clara e Isabel" En español, el pronombre personal "yo" se debe decir luego de pronunciar los otros pronombres o sujetos. No se dice "yo y mis hijos". Se dice " mis hijos y yo"

muy bueno rejoven - 00494d19, Nov 5, 2009

Answer 3

"e" is used when the word begins with the letter "i"

Almost. It can also be "hi" as in the "hijos" in the example. It cannot be just any i or hi, however. They must have the sound of the conjunction y to require switching to e. The "y" does not change to "e" before words like hierba where the "hi" does not sound like the conjunction "y".

Poor example. I wanted to say that the hi in this case (hierba) sounds like an English letter y, but that is confusing. Let's say that the y changes to e before i or hi if they sound like "ee". The hi in hierba sounds like the English letter y; not ""ee".

Sorry for the poor explanation.

Your explanation is clear. Y changes to e befor i or hi if the i is not part of a dipthong. - CalvoViejo, Nov 4, 2009

Answer 4

Mis Hijos y yo. Cristina e Isabel son hermanas Noruega e Islandia son paises del norte. In Spanish never say " I and my children". "e" is used when the word begins with the letter "i"