A pesar de que no soy muy senderista, me encanta caminar por el prado cuando hace fresco.

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Breakdown of A pesar de que no soy muy senderista, me encanta caminar por el prado cuando hace fresco.

• ser: to be
• caminar: to walk
• muy: very

Questions & Answers about A pesar de que no soy muy senderista, me encanta caminar por el prado cuando hace fresco.

Why does the sentence start with a pesar de que?

A pesar de que is a fixed expression meaning despite the fact that, even though, or although.

It is built like this:

• a pesar de = despite
• que = introduces a full clause

So:

• A pesar de que no soy muy senderista... = despite the fact that I’m not much of a hiker...

If what follows is just a noun, you do not need que:

• A pesar del frío = despite the cold

Why is it no soy and not no sea after a pesar de que?

Because the speaker is talking about something presented as a real fact: I’m not much of a hiker.

After a pesar de que, Spanish often uses:

• indicative when the information is treated as factual
• subjunctive when it is more doubtful, hypothetical, or stylistically distant

So a pesar de que no soy muy senderista sounds natural and straightforward.

You may sometimes hear a pesar de que no sea muy senderista, but that sounds a bit more tentative or formal.

Why is it soy and not estoy?