La editora dijo que la periodista volverá a escribir para la revista el mes que viene.

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Breakdown of La editora dijo que la periodista volverá a escribir para la revista el mes que viene.

• escribir: to write
• que: that
• decir: to say

Questions & Answers about La editora dijo que la periodista volverá a escribir para la revista el mes que viene.

Why is dijo used here?

Dijo is the preterite form of decir, meaning said.

• decir = to say / to tell
• dijo = he/she said

The preterite is used because the editor’s act of speaking is presented as a completed event in the past.

So:

• La editora dijo... = The editor said...

If it were dice, it would mean says and refer to the present.

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Why is there a que after dijo?

After verbs like decir, Spanish often uses que to introduce what someone said.

So the structure is:

• dijo que... = said that...

This is very common in Spanish. English can sometimes omit that, but Spanish normally keeps que:

• She said that the journalist will write again
• La editora dijo que la periodista volverá a escribir

Leaving out que here would be incorrect.

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Why does the sentence use volverá a escribir instead of just escribirá?