Common Spanish grammar questions

Question

The party is at your dad's house. It's a good day for the party. Yeah, it is very sunny. I am hungry. There are 2 pizzas. The pizzas are being eaten by the dog.

La fiesta está en la casa de tu padre. Está un buen día para una fiesta. Sí, está soleado. Estoy hambre. Está dos pizzas. Las pizzas están siendo comer por el perro.

Does the translation make much sense? I know there are better ways to say I am hungry and it is sunny: tengo hambre y hace sol. But does está soleado and estoy hambre make sense?

I don't know if there is another way to say that the pizzas are being eaten by by the dog. And then I'm confused with set and estar. Location is with estar, but events are ser, so would I say la fiesta es en la casa...? And is it por or para una party?

Is there a big difference between está and es un buen día?

Answer 1

The party is at your dad's house. It's a good day for the party. Yeah, it is very sunny. I am hungry. There are 2 pizzas. The pizzas are being eaten by tghe dog.

La fiesta es en la casa/casa de tu padre. Es un buen/bonito día para una fiesta/para dar una fiesta . Si está muy soleado/es un día muy soleado. Estoy hambriento/tengo hambre. Hay dos pizzas. las pizzas están siendo comidas por el perro/las pizzas se las está comiendo el perro.

More literally/I would translate as

Thanks a lot astotxua! I get most of it now. The only parts I'm wondering about are if I could say hace sol and the difference between Es and está un buen día - Ramonaspiker, Oct 25, 2016

Yes you can say hace sol or hace un día soleado or hace buen día - 000a35ff, Oct 25, 2016

I personally would say ES un buen día because you are speaking about a characteristic of this day. Es un día soleado (characteristic )/ está soleado (at this moment) ¿ como está el tiempo? / esta soleado - 000a35ff, Oct 25, 2016

In Spain you can use the verb hacer instead estar. ¿Que tiempo hace? Hace bueno/ hace sol/hace malo/ llueve - 000a35ff, Oct 25, 2016

Thank you so much Astotxua! Very helpful. Do you mind explaining why there is a "se las" before está comiendo? - Ramonaspiker, Oct 25, 2016

Answer 2

I don't know about English but in Spanish you don't typically use the passive voice if you have an agent (the doer of the action), unless you want to emphasize a part of the sentence. Therefore, I would say: El perro se está comiendo las pizzas.

Nobody says "hace sol" where I live, but I have heard people from other countries (like spaniards) saying it, so I guess it's correct. Personally, I would use "está soleado"

I agree. El perro se está comiendo las pizzas is better - 000a35ff, Oct 25, 2016

1st) thanks for the advice!! 2nd) what would you say instead of hace calor? 3rd) why is there a "se" after perro? - Ramonaspiker, Oct 25, 2016

All the textbooks say that "hace calor" is what is used in most countries. - Daniela2041, Nov 4, 2016

Además, en el invierno hay días cuando está soleado pero todavía hace mucho frío. - Daniela2041, Nov 5, 2016

I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I meant to say that we don't say "hace sol", we do say "hace calor". I fixed it - aileribel, Nov 7, 2016

Answer 3

tengo hambre. or estoy hambriento