buen vs bien

Question

Whats the difference?

Hello, welcome to the forum! I have edited your question for proper capitalization and punctuation. - rac1, Dec 17, 2012

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Answer 1

Buen-Bueno-Buena are all various forms of the adjective ¨Good¨, and must change according to gender and quantity in Spanish.

Bien is equivalent to ¨Fine¨ or ¨Well¨ and is invariate. I.e. it is the same word, since it is modifying a verb.

Agarre _________ las riendas so which one is it. buen or bien - fuelboy115, Dec 17, 2012

Answer 2

Buen is used BEFORE the noun it modifies, and it changes the meaning of the situation. Bueno/a is used AFTER the noun. They both mean Good.

Es un buen tipo = he's a good guy...he's okay Es un tipo de cigarro bueno = It's a good type of cigar (you know, the ones from Cuba).

BIEN is an adverb, and means WELL. Not good. And if you don't know the difference between good and well in English, you had better learn it in Spanish, because Spansih speakers DO. And, then, well, you can transfer that knowledge to become a better ENGLISH speaker.

@fuelboy115: In this case, it would be bien.

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How did you get all caps on some words. I tried using all caps a week ago for U S A and it would not let me. - gringojrf, Dec 18, 2012

Answer 3

like when to use buen and when to use bien