Breakdown of Aunque el lago es profundo, remamos a través de la cueva.
ser
to be
el lago
the lake
profundo
deep / deeply
la
the (feminine)
la cueva
the cave
aunque
although / even though
a través de
through / across
remar
to row
Questions & Answers about Aunque el lago es profundo, remamos a través de la cueva.
Why use a través de for "through" instead of por?
Do I always have to use de after a través?
Yes, whenever you state the specific place or thing you are passing through, you must use the full phrase a través de. To connect the action of going through to the cave itself, the de is required.
Why is the verb es used after aunque instead of the subjunctive sea?
When you use aunque with the indicative mood (like es), it means "even though" and declares a known fact. The speaker knows for sure the lake is deep. If you used the subjunctive (aunque el lago sea profundo), it would change the meaning to "even if the lake is deep", treating it as a hypothetical.
Could remamos mean "we rowed" in the past tense here?
It absolutely could! For regular -ar verbs like remar, the "we" form is exactly the same in both the present tense (remamos = we row) and the simple past tense (remamos = we rowed). Because the first part of the sentence uses the present tense (es), the present tense "we row" makes the most sense for the context here.
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