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When que is used as the object of a preposition, the definite article is added to it, and the resulting form (el que) inflects for number and gender, resulting in the forms el que, la que, los que, las que and the neuter lo que. Unlike in English, the preposition must go right before the relative pronoun "which" or "whom":
Spanish studies scholar Daniel Eisenberg has noted that because the "use of archaic Spanish can give an impression of authority and wisdom", Latin American Spanish speakers will sometimes use vosotros to achieve a specific rhetorical effect; he observed that the notion "that vosotros is not used in Spanish America is one of the great myths of ...
non lo desafié, aquel que gela diesse [1] If the first stressed word of a clause was in the future or conditional tense, or if it was a compound verb made up of haber + a participle, then any unstressed pronoun was placed between the two elements of the compound verb [ 1 ] (this process still applies in European Portuguese where it is called ...
La que lo sé soy yo = "I am the one who knows" (agreement with subject of main sentence) La que lo sabe soy yo = (preferred form with same meaning, agreement with la que) Plural. Somos los únicos que no tenemos ni un centavo para apostar = "We are the only ones who do not have even a cent to bet" (agreement with subject of main sentence ...
"María quiere casarse con un hombre que tiene mucho dinero." ("María wants to marry a man that has a lot of money.") The use of the indicative gives the information that María knows the one to whom she wants to marry, and she is only describing how the man is like. [38] "María quiere casarse con un hombre que tenga mucho dinero.
Voseo used on a billboard in El Salvador: ¡Pedí aquí tu fría! ("Order your cold one here!"). The tuteo equivalent would have been ¡Pide aquí tu fría! Voseo used on signage inside a shopping mall in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: En City sí encontrás de todo para lucir como te gusta ("At City you find everything to look how you like").
Que venga el gerente. = "Let the manager come.", "Have the manager come." Que se cierren las puertas. = "Let the doors be closed.", "Have the doors closed." With a verb that expresses wishing, the above sentences become plain subjunctive instead of direct commands: Deseo que venga el gerente. = "I wish for the manager to come."
For example: Este es mi perro = "This is my dog" Esta es tu camisa = "This is your shirt" Estos son nuestros libros = "These are our books" Estas son sus casas = "These are his/her/your/their houses" Given the ambiguous meaning of "su/s", this is often avoided, and replaced by other forms that clearly state who owns the thing in question.