Breakdown of Hasta mi hermano, que siempre está tranquilo, se pone nervioso en la entrevista.
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Questions & Answers about Hasta mi hermano, que siempre está tranquilo, se pone nervioso en la entrevista.
What does hasta mean here?
Here hasta means even.
So Hasta mi hermano... means Even my brother...
It adds emphasis: the speaker is saying that if even this person reacts that way, then the situation must really affect people.
Compare:
- Mi hermano se pone nervioso. = My brother gets nervous.
- Hasta mi hermano se pone nervioso. = Even my brother gets nervous.
Why is there a comma around que siempre está tranquilo?
Because this is extra, descriptive information about mi hermano.
The part que siempre está tranquilo means who is always calm, and it works like a non-defining relative clause in English. It is not used to identify which brother; it just adds extra information about him.
So:
- mi hermano = the main noun
- que siempre está tranquilo = extra comment about him
That is why it is set off with commas.
Why is it que siempre está tranquilo and not es tranquilo?