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Llevo un mes sin cometer este error.
Meaning
I have gone a month without making this mistake.
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Breakdown of Llevo un mes sin cometer este error.
un
a, an (masculine)
el mes
the month
este
this
el error
mistake
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.