Breakdown of Llevo un mes sin cometer este error.
un
a, an (masculine)
el mes
the month
este
this
el error
the mistake
sin
without
llevar
to have been (doing) for a time
cometer
to commit
Questions & Answers about Llevo un mes sin cometer este error.
Why does llevo mean 'I have gone' here instead of 'I carry'?
In Spanish, llevar is frequently used with a period of time to express how long a situation has been going on. The formula llevar + [amount of time] + sin + [infinitive] is the standard way to say you have gone a certain amount of time without doing something.
In English it's 'without making', so why does the Spanish use the infinitive cometer instead of a gerund like cometiendo?
In Spanish, whenever a verb directly follows a preposition (like sin, para, por, or de), it must be in the infinitive form. So 'without making' translates to sin cometer.
Could I use the verb hacer (to do/make) and say 'sin hacer este error'?
No, that is a common mistake for English speakers! While in English we 'make' a mistake, in Spanish you always 'commit' a mistake (cometer un error).
Why is it este error and not esto error?
Este is the masculine singular adjective for 'this', which correctly matches the masculine noun error. Esto is a neutral pronoun used only for general ideas, abstract concepts, or unidentified objects (like ¿Qué es esto? meaning 'What is this?'), and it is never placed directly in front of a noun.
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