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Jul 15, 2018 - 11:04 AM
If you were mentioning the amount of tickets in the sentence, you would say "un ticket es catorce pesos", and "dos ticketes son catorce pesos". In the exercice, the person asks for one ticket, and the teller replies "that'll be 14 pesos", so in that case, you must reference the amount of pesos, and not the amount of tickets. If the amount of tickets was 14, and the amount total was 14, then yes it would be the same whether the sentence refers to the amount of tickets or the total in pesos.
Jul 19, 2018 - 06:08 AM
In English we talk about the cost of a purchase as singular, regardless of whether the amount is $1 or more or whether the purchase includes one item or several. For example, after a cashier scans all of our items, we may ask, "How much is it?" As in, "how much is the total?" "It is 14 dollars even."
In Spanish, when talking about exact cost in currency, the use of es/son is determined by the number of pesos, for example. When talking about the general cost (caro/barato), the use of es/son is determined by the number of items. That's why you see the change in the example from the workout. First "son" is used to express the exact cost, then "es" to describe general cost of one item.
Here are some examples.
Cuanto cuesta este caramelo? Son 10 pesos.
Esas maletas son caras o baratas? Las pequenas son baratas, pero las grandes son caras.
Esta chaqueta es barata, verdad? Si, solo son 100 pesos!
In Spanish, when talking about exact cost in currency, the use of es/son is determined by the number of pesos, for example. When talking about the general cost (caro/barato), the use of es/son is determined by the number of items. That's why you see the change in the example from the workout. First "son" is used to express the exact cost, then "es" to describe general cost of one item.
Here are some examples.
Cuanto cuesta este caramelo? Son 10 pesos.
Esas maletas son caras o baratas? Las pequenas son baratas, pero las grandes son caras.
Esta chaqueta es barata, verdad? Si, solo son 100 pesos!
