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¡Qué bien huele! ¿Qué estás cocinando?

That smells so good! What are you cooking?

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Why every word is where it is

¡Qué1pronounwhatbienadverbwell, goodhuele2verbsmellsoler · present · 3rd sing.!¿Quépronounwhatestásverbareestar · present · 2nd sing.cocinandoverbcookingcocinar · gerund?
  • Qué → bien: exclamation
  • huele → bien: how
  • estás → cocinando: estar + gerund

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    ¡Qué bien…!: qué + adverb + verb for exclamations. Comparatives, superlatives and exclamatives →
  2. 2
    huele: oler adds h- to the stressed forms (huelo, hueles, huele).