• Kelly@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    For anyone else who is curious but doesn’t already know “por qué” = “because”.

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        4 months ago

        Por que?

        Porque.

        Por que?!

        Porque.

        ¡Te pregunto quién sale primero!

        (I don’t know spanish)

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          And that’s why we say “porque sí” and not just “porque”. It’d be so confusing! :P

          It’s confusing enough, we actually have 4 different forms:

          • Porque (because)

          • Por qué? (why?)

          • (el) porqué: the reason why

          • Por (el/la/lo) que: I don’t think this is used anymore without the article, but some linguist correct me please.

          Most people don’t know how to use the latter two, even I am still confused about the last one.