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| sab15 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5214 days ago 39 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, Dutch, Portuguese | Message 1 of 13 23 June 2011 at 6:20am | IP Logged | ||
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Hi,
Can someone explain the difference in meaning of these sentences? Todos estan buenos vs. todos estan bien or Estoy bueno and estoy bien. Also, in line with this, when someone wants to say in Spanish "It's okay", is it "esta bien" or "esta bueno". Thanks. Steven 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5600 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes  | Message 2 of 13 23 June 2011 at 6:33am | IP Logged | ||
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Ah, that's funny; I also did not know this. Look here and decide, if you want to say that you are a sexy, hot man.
It is similar in English: "I am well" has a totally different meaning from "I am good". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5321 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 3 of 13 23 June 2011 at 9:35am | IP Logged | ||
Not really. In colloquial English you'll often hear "I am good" instead of "I am well." 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| getreallanguage Diglot Senior Member Argentina youtube.com/getreall Joined 5472 days ago 240 posts - 371 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, Dutch | Message 4 of 13 23 June 2011 at 12:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I posted an answer to this here.
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| ewomahony Diglot Groupie England Joined 5583 days ago 91 posts - 115 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Italian, French, Afrikaans | Message 5 of 13 23 June 2011 at 12:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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estar + bien
and ser + bueno Edited by ewomahony on 23 June 2011 at 12:36pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5592 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 6 of 13 23 June 2011 at 11:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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It might help to remember that, idioms and slang aside, "bueno" is an adjective(used to describe a noun), and "bien" is an adverb(used to describe a verb). This is the same as in English. Kep in mind that in English many people will say "I am doing good" when the more correct is "I am doing well".
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| christian Senior Member United States Joined 5251 days ago 111 posts - 135 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, German | Message 7 of 13 24 June 2011 at 4:59am | IP Logged | ||
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Actually in English "I am good" is a perfectly correct statement. Linking verbs such as "to be" link words together
and do not represent an action. Thus you can link "I" and "good" with "am" and "good" becomes a predicate adjective which refers back to the subject. "Well" can be both an adjective and adverb. Adverbs describe actions. You could not say however, "I run good." In that case you would have to use "well". http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/good-versus-well.aspx But in Spanish: Estoy bien (I'm good/well) Estoy bueno (I'm GOOD...a.k.a. good looking, hot, etc) When you want to say "It's OK", use "esta' bien" 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| parasitius Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5999 days ago 220 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Cantonese, Polish, Spanish, French | Message 8 of 13 26 June 2011 at 3:32am | IP Logged | ||
Uhm. Okay. But if I ask "How are ya" and you say "I am well." I'm going to feel it's a bit odd you insist on telling me about your health when I really didn't ask anything that specific. Just sayin'. Maybe it has different meanings in other idiolects... but that's my gut level response. Edited by parasitius on 26 June 2011 at 3:33am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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