The sentence:
¿Cómo te sientes?
means:
How are you feeling?
Here, sientes comes from the verb sentir. A common response is:
Me siento bien.
which means:
I feel good.
Some forms of this verb are:
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| siento | I feel |
| sientes | you feel |
| sentimos | we feel |
| sienten | they feel |
We can use pronouns instead of nouns. For example: he, she, and we.
Some basic Spanish pronouns are:
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| yo | I |
| tú | you |
| él | he |
| ella | she |
| nosotros | we |
| ellos | they |
A reflexive pronoun is used when the person doing the action is also receiving the action.
For example:
He hurt himself.
In Spanish, some reflexive pronouns are:
| Person | Reflexive pronoun |
|---|---|
| yo | me |
| tú | te |
| él / ella | se |
| ellos | se |
In the sentence:
¿Cómo te sientes?
te is the reflexive pronoun.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Cómo te sientes? | How are you feeling? |
| ¿Cómo dormiste? | How did you sleep? |
| ¿Almorzaste? | Did you have lunch? |
| ¿Cenaste? | Did you have dinner? |
| Comí hace poco. | I ate a while ago. |
| Como ahora. | I am eating now. |
| Yo almorcé hace poco. | I had lunch a little while ago. |