Breakdown of Según el mensaje, el líder del proyecto va a renunciar.
el mensaje
the message
ir
to go
a
to
del
from the / of the
el proyecto
the project
el líder
the leader
renunciar
to resign
según
according to
Questions & Answers about Según el mensaje, el líder del proyecto va a renunciar.
The lesson is about using phrases like dice que for reported speech. Why don't we use que after Según?
Según means "according to." It is a very common way to report information from a source, which is why it appears in this lesson! However, unlike a reporting verb like dice (says), según is followed directly by a noun (el mensaje), not by the word que. If you wanted to use a reporting verb instead, you would say: El mensaje dice que el líder...
Renunciar looks a lot like the English word "renounce." Is that what it means here?
While it can translate to "renounce" in some contexts, it is a slight "false friend." When talking about a job, a role, or a project, renunciar is the standard Spanish word for "to resign" or "to quit."
I see el líder used for "the leader." Does the word change if the leader is a woman?
Just as a refresher, why does the sentence use del proyecto instead of de el proyecto?
In Spanish, whenever the word de (of/from) is followed directly by the masculine "the" (el), they must smash together to form the contraction del. It is grammatically incorrect to leave them separated as de el.
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