"Creo que fe" or "Creo que la fe"

Question

I'm trying to say, "I beleive that faith is a big part in life."

Sería: "Creo que fe es una parte grande en la vida."

OR

"Creo que la fe es una parte grande en la vida."

I always get confused when using the articles in this way. The same goes for vida. Should it be just vida or la vida?

the correct way of saying it is,( creo que la fe) - lolitahot4, Mar 18, 2012

the correct way to saying it is,( creo que la fe) - lolitahot4, Mar 18, 2012

Gracias, pero ya lo supe. Estás un poco tarde. Jeje. - BradyLabuda, Mar 18, 2012

Answer 1

When you use nouns in a general, all encompassing kind of a way you use the definite article even though it's not translated:

La fe es importante.

La vida es buena.

Thanks Kiwi :-) - BradyLabuda, Mar 14, 2012

de nada amiga :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 14, 2012

Answer 2

I'm trying to say, "I beleive that faith is a big part in life."

Sería: "Creo que fe es una parte grande en la vida."

OR

"Creo que la fe es una parte grande en la vida."

I always get confused when using the articles in this way. The same goes for vida. Should it be just vida or la vida?

The word "que" cannot be followed by a noun. It is followed by an article (el, la) or a verb.

That said, it should have "la" for "la fe."

Creo que la fe es una gran parte de la vida.

"Una gran parte," or putting the gran before the noun, emphasizes it even more. Like, this is a really big part of life. Not just a part...that happens to be big.

Notice how I also used "de" instead of "en." I think it works better here since it says "in life."