Breakdown of El fuego es peligroso; nunca lo dejes sin supervisión.
ser
to be
sin
without
lo
it
nunca
never
dejar
to leave
peligroso
dangerous
el fuego
the fire
la supervisión
the supervision
Questions & Answers about El fuego es peligroso; nunca lo dejes sin supervisión.
Why is a semicolon (;) used between peligroso and nunca instead of a period or comma?
What does lo refer to in nunca lo dejes?
The pronoun lo is a masculine singular direct‐object pronoun that replaces el fuego. Instead of saying “nunca dejes el fuego”, the sentence uses “lo” to avoid repetition:
- “El fuego” → “lo”
Why is there no no in “nunca lo dejes”? Isn’t the negative imperative supposed to start with no?
In Spanish you can form negative commands either by:
Why is dejes in the present‐subjunctive form rather than the indicative or the infinitive?
Spanish negative tú commands use the present‐subjunctive. For the verb dejar:
- Affirmative tú imperative: deja
- Negative tú imperative: no dejes or nunca dejes
Since this is a negative command (“never leave it”), dejes is the correct subjunctive form.
Why is ser used in El fuego es peligroso instead of estar?
Why is there no article before supervisión? Why not “sin la supervisión”?
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