¿ Cómo es la comida? Espero que la disfrutaste?

Question

¿ Cómo es la comida? Espero que la disfrutaste?

How is the food? I hope you enjoyed it?

Please review my sentence construction and correct.

Thank You

In addition to the other comments, I would use past tense in the first sentence - both languages. If you are asking in general about the food, and no accompanying past experiences, then present tense works - 005faa61, Apr 6, 2011

Answer 1

You wrote "la disfrutaste", and since it is indicative, you are telling the other person with this phrase that he/she did enjoy the meal. Saying that you hope that something you declare as a fact happened is weird. This is why we use subjunctive.

:) - cogumela, Apr 6, 2011

can we use the word 'gustar' here instead of 'disfrutaste'?! - laya_87, Apr 6, 2011

Thank you very much, you advice was extremely useful. - Polyglot1day, Apr 7, 2011

Answer 2

If you wanted to write it using the present subjunctive you could say;

¿Cómo fue la comida? Espero que estés disfrutando de la comida

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or using the past subjunctive you could say:

¿Cómo fue la comida? Espero que hayas disfrutado de la comida

I hope that helps

buena respuesta - 00494d19, Apr 6, 2011

Thanks Heidi ;-P :) :-) - FELIZ77, Apr 6, 2011

Thanks - Polyglot1day, Apr 7, 2011

Answer 3

I think that the sentence is just wrong as worded.

A proper way to ask would be: "¿Cómo fue (estuvo) la comida? Espero que la hayas disfrutado"

Thanks so kind :-) - Polyglot1day, Apr 7, 2011

Answer 4

¿Cómo estuvo la comida? Espero que la hayas disfutado.

("¿Cómo fue la comida? is a tad...off, in my opinion; it's more akin to asking "¿Cómo es la comida?" which would imply how it is shaped, what's its color, what's the texture; "como estuvo" is the past of "como está" which denotes how it tastes, was it satisfying, enjoyable, not enjoyable, etc.)

Thank you - Polyglot1day, Apr 7, 2011