Cuesta vs. Cuestan
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I was using a language program to practice my Spanish and came across the following sentence:
Una libra de papas _______ dos dolares. I had to make a decision as to whether to fill in the blank using cuesta or cuestan. I chose cuestan because potatoes are plural. However, the language program told me I was wrong and I should have chosen 'cuesta'.
Why would you use cuesta over cuestan?
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updated Sep 9, 2013
posted by chistarlet
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Because "libra" is singluar. The subject is "a pound of potatoes" and "a pound" is singular. If the subject was just "potatoes", you would use cuestan.
updated Sep 9, 2013
posted by AlyssaLTerry
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Thank you! I was so confused and I was basing my use of cuesta off of the word potatoes instead of libra. This makes sense. Thanks so much for taking time out to answer my question. Te lo agradezco!
updated Sep 9, 2013
posted by chistarlet
No problem, chistarlet! Glad I was able to help :) - AlyssaLTerry, Sep 9, 2013
