¿Qué te parece esto? (What do you think of/about this?)
Expressing opinions with the verb parecer
We can both ask for and give opinions with parecer (to seem, to appear):
—¿Qué te parece el libro? —Me parece interesante.
-What do you think of the book? -I find it interesting (literally "It seems interesting to me).
To ask for an opinion about a person or thing, we use: ¿ + qué/cómo + indirect object pronoun Pronombres CI + parece / parecen + noun+ ?
¿Qué os parece la habitación?
What do you think of the room?
¿Cómo os parecen las habitaciones?
How do you like the rooms?
To give an opinion, we can use:
- (noun) + indirect object pronoun Pronombres CI + parece / parecen + adjective/adverb
La habitación nos parece bonita.
We think the room is lovely.
Las habitaciones nos parecen bonitas.
We think the rooms are lovely.
- indirect object pronoun Pronombres CI + parece que + (noun) + verb + (adjective/adverb)
Nos parece que la habitación es bonita.
We think the room is lovely.
Nos parece que las habitaciones son bonitas.
We think the rooms are lovely.
Notes:
- With all the structures apart from parece que, we use parece to say what we “think of” a singular noun and parecen a plural one – literally, how they “seem” to us. Likewise, the adjective or adverb agrees with the noun.
La casa me parece inmensa.
The house seems enormous to me.
Las casas me parecen inmensas.
The houses seem enormous to me.
- To add emphasis, we use a + prepositional pronoun Pronombres preposición before the indirect object pronoun.
—Y a ti, ¿qué te parecen los nuevos vecinos? —A mí me parecen muy amables.
-And what do you think of your new neighbors? -They seem very nice to me.
- To form a negative opinion, we put no before the indirect object pronoun.
—¿Cómo te parece el nuevo contable? —No me parece extraordinario.
-What do you think of the new accountant? -He doesn't strike me as anything out of the ordinary.
- To ask someone if they agree with something or accept an invitation, it's common to use the indirect object pronoun Pronombres CI + parece, and answer with the same structure.
—Vamos al concierto, ¿te parece? —Sí, me parece.
-Let's go to the concert, shall we? -Yes, let's.
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