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Select the correct form of estar to complete this sentence.

Mi madre y yo _____ muy unidas.

(A) Estamos
(B) Estoy
(C) Esta
(D) Estas

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Answer:

estamos (A)

Step-by-step explanation:

La razón es porque no puedes decir que Mi madre y yo estás muy unidas al igual que las otras (b,c,d)

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  • Answer:


\Large{\boxed{\sf Option \ A. \ Mi \ madre \ y \ yo \ \underline{estamos} \ muy \ unidas.}}


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  • Explanation:

We are given four forms of the verb "estar" (to be) in the present tense. To help us answer the question, let's write the full conjugation of that verb in the present tense:

ESTAR

Yo estoy

Tú estás

Él / ella / usted está

Nosotros / nosotras estamos

Vosotros / vosotras estáis

Ellos / ellas / ustedes están


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Now, let's translate the sentence and analyze its subject.

"Mi madre y yo ... muy unidas" translates to "my mother and I ... very close."

The subject of the sentence is "mi madre y yo," so we have to use the first-person plural (nosotras).

Therefore, the answer is:

Mi madre y yo estamos muy unidas.

Translation: My mother and I are very close.


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What is interesting here is that we can determine the gender of the person who is speaking. Since "unidas" is written with an "a," the person who is talking is a girl / a woman.


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We say that in Spanish grammar, "the masculine prevails over the feminine," meaning that in a group of women, if there's a man, then everything that refers to that group, for instance, adjectives, would be written in the masculine form. Here, if the person who is talking was a boy / a man, the sentence would have been "Mi madre y yo estamos muy unidos."

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