Uses of "lo"

Question

I'm studying different ways to use "lo" and I'm wondering if the following example sentence translates the way I'm reading it:

"Lo bonito de los pájaros es que cantan." = The beautiful thing about birds is how they sing.

Is this correct?

Answer 1

I wonder if you might try something along the lines of

Lo hermoso/bello de los pajaros es en la manera en la que cantan

Is bonito not OK for beautiful? The Pimsleur course uses bonita/o exclusively for beautiful. - jeezzle, Apr 13, 2010

I'm not sure Jeezle....I always thought of bonito as "pretty" while "hermoso" and "bello" were more along the lines of "beautiful," but I don't know that there would be anything wrong with using bonito here - Izanoni1, Apr 13, 2010

A proposito, estoy alegre de ver otros veteranos del curso de Pimsleur aquí - Izanoni1, Apr 13, 2010

Answer 2

Hi Thaibean and Jeezle,

This article might be of some use to you: Lo - Spanish neuter article

Answer 3

Well you've piqued my curiousity.

Answer 4

It works except for what Margaret pointed out and that bonito is nice. Try hermoso or bello.

Answer 5

Lo / la

I think you can use these to make an adjective into a noun.

Maybe the experts could clarify.

Answer 6

Wouldn't that be more like "Lo de los pájaros que es tan bonito es como cantan"?

Answer 7

Actually the second part 'is that they sing'