Learn Spanish (Latin America): Ella no va contigo porque no tiene la invitación. - She is not going with you because she does not have the invitation.

Ella no va contigo porque no tiene la invitación.

She is not going with you because she does not have the invitation.

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Questions & Answers about Ella no va contigo porque no tiene la invitación.

Why is it contigo instead of con tú?

In Spanish, when you want to say "with you" (informal), you don't use con plus tú. Instead, they combine into the special single word contigo. You will see a similar change when saying "with me", which becomes conmigo.

The translation says "is not going", but isn't va just "goes"?

Yes! In Spanish, the simple present tense (va) is frequently used to talk about actions happening right now or in the near future. Depending on the situation, ella no va translates smoothly to either "she doesn't go" or "she is not going".

Why is the second "she" missing in porque no tiene?

In Spanish, you don't need to repeat the subject pronoun if it is already clear who you are talking about. Since the sentence starts with Ella, we already know who the verb tiene (has) refers to, so we can just leave out the second ella.

Is porque the same word as the one for "why"?

They sound exactly the same, but they are written differently! Porque (one word, no accent) means "because". Por qué (two words, with an accent on the é) means "why".