question about "un poco mal"
1
vote
We usually have a noun behind the article "un", but in this sentence "Estoy un poco mal", neither "poco" nor "mal" is a noun, why can "poco" or "mal" be put behind the article "un"? Or, does "un poco mal" mean "a little ill"?
3138 views
updated Feb 2, 2013
posted by joygogo
2 Answers
3
votes
Estar is always used with the bien and mal. You can use ser with bueno/a or malo/a.
Poco by itself can be used to negate an adjective eg.
Esta tierra es poco fértil. This land is not fertile.
But you didn't want to say 'I'm not very ill. so you needed 'un poco' which means 'a little.
updated Feb 3, 2013
posted by Kiwi-Girl
Treat the phrase as meaning in the idiomatic sense "not too good". - lagartijaverde, Feb 2, 2013
1
vote
Estoy un poco de mal = I'm a little bit evil.
My guess.
updated Feb 2, 2013
posted by swampy
I would translate "mal" in this case as "ill"... - Azabache, Feb 2, 2013
estoy de acuerdo ) - Kiwi-Girl, Feb 2, 2013
