Does this make sense? no estaba una persona muy de moda

Question

I'm trying to say i used to be not very fashionable

also im now trying to say but now i am very fashionable so does this make sense "pero ahora estoy muy de moda" - phandom, Nov 6, 2016

Phandom, it would help if you would add your level of English/Spanish to your profile. - rac1, Nov 6, 2016

Answer 1

Your sentence is OK but you need to use era (not estoy).

I assume you meant to say "need to use era (not estaba)." :) - bosquederoble, Nov 6, 2016

Answer 2

It's a tricky one because you have 'una persona' in there it makes it sound like it should be ser but you have also used 'de' and the correct phrase is 'estar de moda' not 'ser de moda' so you may have to do some tweaking either way Aadriana has give you a good option

If you're ever in doubt a good place to check is RAE - ser moda or estar de moda. Although I admint that if you are a beginner that can sometimes be hard as it is all written in Spanish.

Answer 3

If you are trying to say "a fashionable person" that would be "una persona de moda"

So to say that you were not a very fashionable person, you say: (Yo) no era una persona muy de moda.

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Hola, Danni:) - FELIZ77, Jan 2, 2017

Hola, Feliz. ¿Qué onda? - Daniela2041, Jan 2, 2017

Answer 4

The word order is kinda funny but it is understandable, could it be '(Yo) no solía estar a la moda...? Ie that is what you are trying to say, cheers

Answer 5

Kiwi girl... are you really back? This, and a couple others, are your first answers here in a long time. And this gives me another opportunity to say thank you for all your previous help!

This thread is from November. Kiwi has her own site, but comes here periodically to help us. - rac1, Dec 30, 2016