Breakdown of El oponente es astuto y tiene ventaja, así que yo tendría cuidado.
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to have
Questions & Answers about El oponente es astuto y tiene ventaja, así que yo tendría cuidado.
How does así que work in this sentence, and could I use por lo tanto instead?
Why is it tendría cuidado instead of a form of ser or estar for "would be careful"?
Just like being hungry or thirsty, Spanish uses the verb tener (to have) for being careful: tener cuidado literally means "to have care." The verb is conjugated as tendría (the conditional tense) to mean "I would have care" or "I would be careful."
Why is the pronoun yo used before tendría? Isn't it usually dropped?
While Spanish often drops subject pronouns, tendría can mean "I would have," "he would have," "she would have," or "you (formal) would have." Using yo removes any doubt. It also adds a slight emphasis, contrasting what the opponent is doing with what the speaker would personally do: "so I would be careful."
Why doesn't tiene ventaja use an article like "una" (has an advantage)?