Phrase · 🎯 Arguing a point
La vivienda está carísima; de ahí que muchos jóvenes sigan viviendo con sus padres.
Housing is extremely expensive, which is why many young people still live with their parents.
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Why every word is where it is
Ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteviviendanounhousingfem. · sing.estáverbisestar · present · 3rd sing.carísima3adjectiveextremely expensivecaro · fem. · sing.;de1prepositionhence (de ahí que)ahí1adverbhence (de ahí que)que1conjunctionthatmuchosdeterminermanymucho · masc. · pl.jóvenesnounyoung peoplejoven · pl.sigan1verbstill (do)seguir · subjunctive · present · 3rd pl.viviendo2verblivingvivir · gerundconprepositionwithsusdeterminertheirsu · 3rd pl.padresnounparentspadre · masc. · pl..
- vivienda → La: agree
- vivienda → carísima: agree
- de → sigan: mood
- jóvenes → muchos: agree
- jóvenes → sigan: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1De ahí que + subjunctive = hence, that is why. The consequence is a known fact, yet Spanish uses the subjunctive: sigan. Cause and consequence: ya que, debido a, así que, tan… que →
- 2Seguir + gerund = to still be doing: siguen viviendo (they still live). Verbal periphrases II: soler, dejar de, ponerse a, estar a punto de, seguir and llevar + gerund →
- 3carísima: -ísimo/-ísima intensifies an adjective (extremely). Estar + price describes the current situation. Comparatives, superlatives and exclamatives →