How would I say "that night feels like a beautiful dream"?
How would I say "that night feels like a beautiful dream"?
Would I want to use sentir or parece or something else?
2 Answers
Hi, Bonsai!
Just a little addition to Ken's good response.
Sure, either could work. Your choice depends on your intention.
Don't forget, when you speak you express ideas, but also feelings, emotions, perspectives, purposes...
Some other possible collocations:
Esa noche me pareció un sueño hermoso
Esa noche fue como un bello sueño
Siento que esa noche fue como un hermoso sueño
Anyway, you use "feels", not "felt". That's because you are felling that now. Right?
In such case, the present tense does work,
Esa noche me parece un sueño
Siento que esa noche es como un sueño
Hope this helps!
I think either could work.
Esa noche me sentí como un sueño hermoso.
That night felt like a beautiful dream (to me)
Esa noche me pareció un sueño hermoso.
That night seemed like a beautiful dream (to me.)
I used the past tense, because as a stand-alone sentence, I can't really see how the present tense would work.
Of course, with a slightly more complicated sentence, the present tense could work as in:
Thinking about it now, that night seems like a beautiful dream. (I guess "thinking about it now" could be implied, rather than stated outright, if you use the present tense)
If you need present tense, I'm sure you can find the proper verb in our verb conjugator if you don't already know it.
