Sometimes it feels really awkward to say something in Spanish because it feels like you are using a verb as a noun or vice versa. As it turns out this is a feature not a bug. (And it happens in English too, e.g. "breakfast") Kind of reminiscent of Alan Watts saying that verbs are more real than nouns because the universe is a process and you and I are processes and we are all processing together at once.
article: Verb Nouns in Spanish · changes
diff --git a/src/spanish-verb-nouns.md b/src/spanish-verb-nouns.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..242e90f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/spanish-verb-nouns.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# verb nouns in spanish + +It turns out that verbs can be nouns and vice versa in spanish. +For example; preguntar. + +part | spanish | english +---|---|--- +**verb** | “Ella pregunta mucho en clase.” | *“She asks a lot in class.”* +**verb** | “Qué pregunta usted?” | *“What are you asking?”* +**noun** | “Tengo una pregunta.” | *“I have a question.”* +**noun** | ”Esa es una buena pregunta.” | *“That‘s a good question.”* + +**keeping them straight** + +Spanish relies on syntax rather than spelling to differentiate the verb and noun forms. +When an article is used you can bet that the form is a noun (because articles refer to nouns; “La pregunta es difícil.”) Alternatively – when there is a subject doing an action – the form is almost certainly a verb (“Ella pregunta mucho.”) + +**other examples** + +* desayuno (desayunar) +* almuerzo (almorzar)