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Bien, Buen, Bueno, Buena
OK, another question. Am I annoying you guys yet? I hope not.
I understand the masculine and feminine forms of Spanish. I am confused as to when to use bien, buen, or bueno in a sentence. I think it has something to do with where in the sentence you use the word. I am the one that doesn't understand the "imperfect, subjective" stuff. Real life examples are best for me to understand. Do these rules also apply to mal, malo and mala? Thanks, Brenda |
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Bien, Buen, Bueno, Buena
OK, I found a thread on shortening the words before a masculine noun. That helped. Is there a rule as to whether you put the word in front or behind the noun?
Thanks!
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Hi Brenda,
There's several questions here. First: Bien is an adverb meaning "well". Being an adverb it generally goes near verbs. Lo hiciste bien. You did it well.Now let's look at buen, bueno, buena & mal, malo, mala. These are adjectives, they modify nouns, and they go next to nouns. The feminine versions are used with feminine nouns: Fue una mala experiencia - It was a bad experience.buen, bueno, mal, & malo are used with masculine nouns. buen & mal are used before the noun, and bueno & malo are used after the noun. Tienes un buen acento. You have a good accent.As for when you should use the adjective before or after the noun, it's rather difficult to explain. 1. Adjectives generally go after the noun. 2. When following the noun, adjectives generally have a more literal meaning, and the differentiate between more than one item with different qualities: el agua fría, el agua caliente. 3. When coming before a noun, an adjective generally takes on a more figurative, poetic, or literary sense. Examples: Ese buen hombre me ayudó. That good man helped me.There are also other adjectives that have different meanings when used before/after nouns. antiguo - former Mi antiguo trabajo. My former job.antiguo - ancient, antique Las ruinas antiguas. The ancient ruins.
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Here are a couple other threads that might help.
http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=723 http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=597
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Bien, Buen, Bueno, Buena
Wow David!
Thank you so much for that explanation. You put a lot of work into it. Your time was well spent. I understood it. Thank you!
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You're welcome. Glad to help.
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