Si no vs sino / 5 minutes of Spanish + Podcast- English version

 

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Ok, sorry, but I think imagination is also a good tool to learn Spanish vocabulary. Another day we will talk about this, today in this Podcast 147 (one hundred and forty seven) we have some very short words that are a bit complicated using them together.

 

Short words that combined together can be complicated, what do you mean?

 

Let's talk about “si no” and “sino”. It is difficult to differentiate them even for Spanish speakers, usually students of Spanish for foreigners are surprised to see written on the blackboard "sino", all together, what does it mean?

 

If we say “si no”, which is written separately, we are expressing a condition

 

If you don't want it, you can leave it on the plate;

If you don't study, you work.                

If you don't sleep well, you will get sick.

 

And the pronunciation is different, otherwise: If you don't like meat, eat vegetables.

 

On the other hand, with “sino” - but, we deny an element and replace it with another one

Pedro does not speak Chinese but Japanese.

I am not Canadian but Australian

These cookies do not contain sugar but honey

 

We can use “sino que”, plus a verb

This afternoon I'm not going to the beach but I'm going to write the podcast

Together with also we form “sino también” and here we add information

 

Not only did she buy a purse, but also some shoes

It is not only a city with cultural life but also with many services.

 

I have a story of a student, Maria, who lived here and worked online and they told her: "If you don't learn Spanish well, we are going to move you. We need a person here who not only works with the English-speaking market but also with the Latin American market."

This pressure not only prevented her from studying but also made her very nervous and angry. So she decided to change her habits and started studying vocabulary and participating in all the SpanishUp2U workshops.

She studied not only grammar and vocabulary, but also culture. She loved the cooking classes, she didn't miss any of them.

And to make a long story short I will tell you that she was finally left with this job.

 

What about Spanish?

 

Not only does he speak it but he writes it very well, in fact he published a book of recipes and some grammar.

 

Ah like "Aprende Sabores" (Learn Flavors)

 

Well, yes, did you read this book? But Aprende Sabores is not by Maria but by Eduardo and Malena.

 

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