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Compound Sentences

So far, everything we've written has been simple sentences ? "My name is Santiago" (Me llamo Santiago); "The city is noisy" (La ciudad es ruidosa); "I play american football" (Juego al fútbol americano). Wouldn't it be fantastic if we could join them up? Below are some little words that will make our sentences longer, and more meaningful. You use them just like you do in English.

Also, everything we've written has been positive ("I do this, I do that"). To make it negative, we just add a word in front of the verb: no (meaning "not") or nunca (meaning "never"). For example, No juego al rugby (I don't play rugby"); Nunca como manzanas ("I never eat apples"). It's as simple as that.

Note

• Porque ("because") and Por qué ("why") are similar and easy to mix up; make sure you don't!

Examples

• Me llamo Chris y mi cumpleaños es el veinte de agosto.

  My name is Chris and my birthday is on the 20th of August.

• Me llamo Raúl, pero él se llama Roberto.

  My name is Raúl, but his name is Robert.

• No practica judo.

  He doesn't do judo.

• Juego al fútbol americano y practico natación también.

  I play american football and I go swimming too.

• No vivo en una ciudad porque las ciudades son ruidosas.

  I don't live in the city because cities are noisy.

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