When do I know to use son or somos? Please Help
I am trying to translate
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I am trying to translate "We are going to wear hats". So far I have "Nosotros somos yendo al llevar sombreros". Is this correct? Should I change somos to son and why? Do I change llevar to llevamos?
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We are going to wear hats.
Vamos a llevar sombreros.
As you can see, you got more wrong that right in your attempt, but that's OK.
And, as Gekkosan points out, llevar is often used less for "to wear" than some other options, but I won't go into that here. I will focus on your need to learn Spanish grammar in a structured fashion.
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Hm. Some debatable items in here.
While it is perfectly possible to say "vamos a llevar sombreros", I prefer some different options, as this can also, and primarily, mean: "we're going to take hats" (we could or not wear them too).
I prefer to say "vamos a usar sombreros", or "nos vamos a poner sombreros", or "vamos con sombreros" - al of which make it clear that we're actually going to wear the hats on our heads, as opposed to just taken them.
Regardless, I guess the example has little to do with the root of the problem, which is the confusion between "we are (something), and all the possible and wonderfully confusing conjugations of "to be", and "we are going to", which translates as something completely different.
I suggest first checking all the many, many threads and links on the subject of "ser" vs. "estar", to try and understand why "somos" doesn't fit into the original sentence. Then check out the translations for "we are going to", which most frequently translates as "vamos a", and has nothing to do with "ser" vs "estar".
The Spanish word son means "you are". Example: Son un niño. (You are a boy) The Spanish word somos means "we are". Example: Somos hombres. (We are men)
