How does one say "it" without using he or she?

Question

Fantastic as it is ... Y, fantástico como (it) es, estas bendiciones especiales están llegando.

How does one say it without using he or she? I know that "it" is usually understood but how does one say "it" to be specific without being redundant and without meaning something else?

Thanks!

Dana

Answer 1

ello

better to say "como es ello"

or

"fantásticos, lo que sean¨

would be a better way,,,it would use the subjunctive, and plural because it´s referring to more than one

that´s just my guess, i´m not an expert - yet

Ellos sounds weird here. - lazarus1907, Oct 31, 2010

I put "Fantástico como ello es" in the translation engine and came out all three times as Fantastic as it is! Thanks! - brianshouse, Nov 1, 2010

Answer 2

What are you referring to by 'it'? I can't answer your question unless I know that, but I can tell you that most likely, we wouldn't use any 'it', and there will be no potential confusion.

I think he is referring to the conjunction table, third person singular, habla - he, she, it speaks. - Eddy, Oct 31, 2010

I suppose so, but his question is still unanswereable unless I know what "it" means in a particular sentence. The short answer anyway is that we don't have nor say "it". - lazarus1907, Oct 31, 2010

Answer 3

it is = es en español

So why not simply "Fantástico como es..." ( I am not sure though )

I found this in our dictionary

lo (m) la (f) (direct object)

I don't want it -> no lo/la quiero

give it to him -> dáselo

Answer 4

If you mean "it" as in a pronoun to refer to an object, Spanish requires el/lo or la because those are the only pronouns for known objects. Sometimes you can use lo when the gender is not known. There are a few instances when you can use a neuter in Spanish, but I think that is generally when the specific object is not known, like to say "the best" performer, not knowing whether that performer is a man or woman. When you translate from Spanish to English, you often use "it" even when the Spanish was el/lo or la. But when you translate the other way, there is usually no word for things that don't use a masculine or feminine gender. I hope I made sense here.

Answer 5

The word is ello, but it is (almost) never used. I put "almost" in parenthesis because someone might come up with a phrase where it is used, but I have never heard one.

There are sentences, but while "ello" is normally translated as "that", not "it". - lazarus1907, Oct 31, 2010