Breakdown of Ojalá que pare de llover, porque está muy nublado.
de
from / of
estar
to be (location/state)
muy
very
porque
because
llover
to rain
nublado
cloudy
que
that / than
ojalá
hopefully / I hope
parar
to stop
Questions & Answers about Ojalá que pare de llover, porque está muy nublado.
Why is the word for 'stops' spelled pare instead of the usual para?
Because it follows Ojalá que. Expressions of hope and wishing trigger the subjunctive mood in Spanish. Since parar (to stop) is an -ar verb, its 'it' form in the present subjunctive takes the opposite ending: pare.
Is the que in Ojalá que strictly required?
No, it is optional! You can say Ojalá que pare de llover or Ojalá pare de llover and both mean the exact same thing. Adding que is just a bit more common in everyday spoken Spanish.
Why do we need the word de before llover?
In Spanish, to say that something 'stops doing' an action, you use the phrase parar de followed by an infinitive (an unconjugated verb). So 'stops raining' translates to pare de llover. If you leave out the de, it sounds grammatically incorrect.
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