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PhilipMartin on April 20, 2007 - 6:15am

Dear estamos...is it possible to say somos jodidos or does that not make sense?

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cultural_sublimation on April 20, 2007 - 7:50am

Hi,

This is way off-topic, but here goes an answer to
your question:

As you probably know, there are two verbs in Spanish
that can be translated as "to be": "ser" and "estar".

"somos jodidos" uses the "ser" verb, which implies
an intrinsic quality. This is not what you mean
to say, I think. Use the verb "estar" instead:
"estamos jodidos".

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