Esta and hay

steve p.A2Kwiziq community member

The example has hay with foggy but esta with sunny. I don’t understand

Asked 3 years ago

InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hola Steve

We use hay followed by nouns and está followed by adjectives (nouns and adjectives in Spanish, not in English), therefore we have:

hay niebla (there is fog, but you don't say that in English, you say It is foggy)

está soleado (it is sunny)

hay + noun (e.g niebla, tormenta...)

está + adjective (e.g. soleado, despejado...)

Some of this idiomatic expressions need a bit of memorising.

Saludos

Inma

Like03 years ago

steve p.A2Kwiziq community member

Thanks that helps a lot

Like03 years ago

The example has hay with foggy but esta with sunny. I don’t understand

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