Breakdown of No te acostumbres a usar la impresora sin reponer la tinta.
no
no, not
usar
to use / to wear
acostumbrarse a
to get used to
sin
without
reponer
to restock
la impresora
the printer
la tinta
the ink
Questions & Answers about No te acostumbres a usar la impresora sin reponer la tinta.
Why is it acostumbres with an '-es' ending if this is an '-ar' verb?
In Spanish, negative commands (telling someone not to do something) use the present subjunctive form. Since acostumbrarse is an '-ar' verb, its tú (you) form swaps the typical '-as' ending for the subjunctive '-es', giving us no te acostumbres. This is the exact same subjunctive verb form you are currently learning to use after words like mientras!
Why does the pronoun te go before the verb in No te acostumbres?
In negative commands, reflexive and object pronouns must go immediately before the conjugated verb. If this were an affirmative command ('Get used to it'), the pronoun would be attached to the very end of the verb to form one word: Acostúmbrate.
Why is there an a between acostumbres and usar?
The verb acostumbrarse (to get used to) requires the preposition a when you mention what you are getting used to. When connecting it to another action, it creates the structure acostumbrarse a + infinitive (to get used to doing something).
Why does the sentence use the infinitive reponer instead of the Spanish equivalent of an '-ing' word for 'without restocking'?
In Spanish, prepositions like sin (without), para (for/in order to), and de (of/from) are always followed directly by an infinitive. Even though English uses an '-ing' word ('without restocking'), Spanish requires the base infinitive sin reponer, never the gerund (reponiendo).
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