Our World
Describing a scene
When you're describing things in Spanish, you use es to say ‘it is’.
es - it is
no es - it isn't
Hay is also a very useful verb. Listen to how you say it!
hay - there is / are
To make your descriptions more interesting you might want to use these words too:
muy - very
bastante - quite
So, here are some adjectives we might use to describe a scene:
luminoso / luminosa - light (not dark)
oscuro/ oscura - dark
caliente - hot
frío / fría - cold
sombrío / sombría - dull
tranquilo / tranquila - calm
lleno / llena de color - colourful
Es caliente. - It’s hot.
Es MUY caliente. - It’s VERY hot.
Es luminoso. - It’s light.
Es BASTANTE luminoso. - It’s QUITE light.
If you want to say where, you could use:
aquí - here
allá / allí - there
DID YOU KNOW … ¿Por qué? means ‘why’? And porque means ‘because’.
¿Por qué? - Why?
porque - because
Es caliente porque hace mucho sol. - It’s hot because it’s very sunny.
