Breakdown of Todo es confuso; no entiendo cómo cambiar mi rumbo laboral.
ser
to be
no
no, not
mi
my
cómo
how
entender
to understand
todo
all / everything
cambiar
to change
confuso
confusing / confused
el rumbo
the course / the direction
laboral
work-related / labor
Questions & Answers about Todo es confuso; no entiendo cómo cambiar mi rumbo laboral.
Why do we use the infinitive cambiar after cómo instead of conjugating it like cómo cambio?
In Spanish, when you have a question word (like cómo, qué, or dónde) in the middle of a sentence, you can follow it directly with an infinitive if the person doing the action is the same. Here, you are the one who does not understand, and you are the one who would change direction. It translates perfectly to the English 'how to change'.
Why does it say Todo es confuso instead of está confundido?
What exactly does rumbo laboral mean? Could I just say dirección de trabajo?
Rumbo means a course, path, or direction (often used for ships or life choices). Laboral is an adjective meaning 'related to work'. Together, rumbo laboral is a very natural way to say 'career path' or 'professional direction'. You could say dirección profesional, but rumbo laboral sounds much more idiomatic for talking about where your career is heading.
Why does cómo have an accent mark here if it is not a direct question?
Question words like cómo, qué, cuándo, and dónde always keep their accent marks when they introduce an indirect question. Even though there are no question marks, 'I do not understand how...' contains an embedded question, so cómo keeps its accent to distinguish it from the word como (meaning 'like' or 'as').
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