Question 1

How does cada vez menos work in this sentence?

Accepted Answer

In Spanish, the phrase cada vez menos translates to "less and less" (literally "each time less"). While your current lesson might show it placed right before an adjective or noun, here it is used as an adverbial phrase after interactuamos virtualmente to describe how the action itself is happening less and less frequently.

Question 2

Does interactuamos mean "we interact" or "we interacted"?

Accepted Answer

It can be both! The nosotros (we) form for regular -ar verbs is exactly the same in the present tense and the preterite (simple past) tense. Based on the context of the ongoing trend described in this sentence, it means "we interact" (present tense).

Question 3

Why do we use para instead of por before apreciar?

Accepted Answer

We use para here because it expresses a goal or purpose, translating to "in order to." When you want to say "in order to do something" in Spanish, you always use para followed by an infinitive verb (a verb in its basic, unconjugated form), which is apreciar in this case.

Question 4

How is the word virtualmente formed?

Accepted Answer

It is formed just like adding "-ly" in English! To make this kind of adverb in Spanish, you take the feminine form of an adjective and add -mente. The adjective here is virtual (which is exactly the same for masculine and feminine), so you simply add -mente to get virtualmente (virtually).

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