Some questions about the accentuation, the plural form.
1. A. Ayer me eoncontré a Ángel en la estación de Atocha.
B. Ah, ¿sí?, ¿ y que te contó?
A. Nada especial, que está muy contendo con su trabajo nuevo.
Question: why in B "que"is used, shouldn´t it be "qué" instead?

2. The following paragraph was taken out of an article, which is talking about "What makes you happy":
También suelen ser personas más abiertas a la hora de compartir sus emociones y expresar sus estados de ánimo. Por el contrario, la tristeza, la depresión y la infelicidad está más presente en aquellos que tienden a reprimir sus emociones.
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In the last sentence, why está is used here? Shouldn´t it be están? I mean it refers to "la tristeza, la depresión y la infelicidad", not "la tristeza, depresión y infelicidad", right?

If you could explain them in details in English, that would be very much appreciated.

Best wishes from China! Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

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Some questions about the accentuation, the plural form.
1. A. Ayer me eoncontré a Ángel en la estación de Atocha.
    B. Ah, ¿sí?, ¿ y que te contó?
    A. Nada especial, que está muy contendo con su trabajo nuevo.
Question: why in B "que"is used, shouldn´t it be "qué" instead?

2. The following paragraph was taken out of an article, which is talking about "What makes you happy":
También suelen ser personas más abiertas a la hora de compartir sus emociones y expresar sus estados de ánimo. Por el contrario, la tristeza, la depresión y la infelicidad está más presente en aquellos que tienden a reprimir sus emociones.
Question:
In the last sentence, why está is used here? Shouldn´t it be están? I mean it refers to "la tristeza, la depresión y la infelicidad", not "la tristeza, depresión y infelicidad", right?

If you could explain them in details in English, that would be very much appreciated.

Best wishes from China! Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

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In general, I a agree with the other opinions.
1- Qué is interrogative pronoms in this case.
2- But, "tristeza, depresión e infelicidad están"  is more usual and better. Also, then the sentece is tristeza, depresión e infelicidad estáN más presenteS"

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Hey, guys. I really appreciate your replies on this, and if you need some help on Chinese, please do let me know.

Have a wonderful day!

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I agree with Javier, 
1. It should be "Qué" because is an interrogative sentence.
2. I usually use "están" in this case, it sounds better for me.

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1 ¿qué te contó? "Qué" is an iterrogative, "que" is wrong
2. When there is a series of nouns coordinated with "y " you can make the agreement with all of them , "están" or just with the last one "está", so both está and está are correct
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1) "qué" is used only in questions.. eg: "Qué hora es?", "Qué estás comiendo?", "Qué día es hoy?"

2) The context of the sentence is plural, but for example "la tristeza" is only 1... You can say "la tristeza, la depresión y la infelicidad ESTÁ presente" or "las tristezas, las depresiones y las infelicidades ESTÁN presentes" (but obviously it has no sense)

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