Conjunciones de subordinación
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Subordinating conjunctions join dependent (subordinate) clauses to main clauses. You can recognize a dependent clause by the fact that it cannot stand alone – its meaning is incomplete without the main clause.
Por ejemplo …
Dije que estoy ocupado. – I said that I am busy.
The main clause is I said. What did I say? That I am busy. "I am busy" is incomplete without "I said." I might not in fact be busy, but I said that I was.
Como no tengo dinero, no puedo ir. – Since I don’t have any money, I can’t go.
The main clause is I can’t go. Why can’t I go? Because I don’t have any money. The idea here is not that I don’t want to go, but the fact that I can’t go since I don’t have any money.
Te lo diré cuando nos veamos. – I will tell you when I see you.
The main clause is I will tell you. When will I tell you? When I see you. So "I will tell you" is incomplete without the juxtaposition "when I see you."
Spanish subordinating conjunctions
a condición de que | on the condition that | |
a fin de que | so that | |
a menos que | unless | |
antes (de) que | before | |
apenas | as soon as | |
aunque | even though | |
bien que | even though | |
como | as, since | |
con tal (de) que | provided that, as long as | |
cuando | when | |
después de que | after | |
en caso de que | in case | |
en vista de que | in view of the fact htat | |
hasta que | until | |
mientras que | provided that, as long as | |
para que | so that | |
por miedo de que | for fear that | |
porque | because | |
pues | for, because | |
puesto que | since | |
que | that | |
si | if | |
sin que | without | |
siempre que | provided that, as long as | |
tan pronto como | as soon as | |
ya que | since |
Note that many of these conjunctions must be followed by the subjunctive.
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