Word
Siguieron, y eso que faltaba el texto teatral.
Meaning
They continued, even though the play text was missing.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Siguieron, y eso que faltaba el texto teatral.
faltar
to be missing
seguir
to continue
el texto teatral
the play text
y eso que
and yet; even though
Questions & Answers about Siguieron, y eso que faltaba el texto teatral.
What does siguieron mean here?
Here siguieron is the 3rd person plural preterite of seguir.
Depending on context, seguir can mean several things:
- to continue / carry on
- to go on
- to follow
In this sentence, it most naturally means they carried on / they went ahead / they continued.
So siguieron is not present tense like they follow, but a completed past action: they continued or they went on.
Why is the subject missing? Who are they?
Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb already shows who the subject is.
- siguieron = they continued
- the ending -ieron tells you it is 3rd person plural
So Spanish does not need ellos / ellas unless the speaker wants emphasis or contrast.
Who they are depends on the wider context. The sentence itself only tells you that it is some plural subject.
Why is siguieron in the preterite and not the imperfect?