Breakdown of Aunque los mosquitos nos molestan, nos quedamos en el bosque.
en
in / on / at
los
the (masculine plural)
nos
to us
molestar
to bother
quedarse
to stay / to end up / become
el bosque
forest
aunque
although / even though
el mosquito
mosquito
Questions & Answers about Aunque los mosquitos nos molestan, nos quedamos en el bosque.
Why do we use the regular present tense verb molestan after aunque here?
In Spanish, you use the normal present tense (the indicative) after aunque when you are talking about a fact or a reality. Here, the mosquitoes are definitely bothering us right now, so it is a known fact. In this case, aunque means 'although' or 'even though'.
Why is the word nos used in both halves of the sentence?
They look identical, but they do two different jobs here! In nos molestan, nos is an object pronoun meaning 'us' (the mosquitoes bother us). In nos quedamos, it is a reflexive pronoun used because the verb is quedarse (to stay).
Wait, doesn't quedar mean 'to be located' or 'to meet up'?
Why does the sentence say los mosquitos instead of just mosquitos?
In English, we can just say 'mosquitoes' when talking about them generally. In Spanish, when a noun is the subject of the sentence, you almost always need to include the definite article (el, la, los, or las). So, it has to be los mosquitos.
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