Breakdown of Sigues sin arreglar la bisagra de la persiana.
de
from / of
arreglar
to fix
seguir
to continue
sin
without
la bisagra
hinge
la persiana
blind (window)
Questions & Answers about Sigues sin arreglar la bisagra de la persiana.
Why use sin arreglar instead of literally translating "still not fixing"?
To express that a situation continues to not happen, Spanish uses the formula seguir + sin + infinitive. Literal translations like sigues no arreglando or todavía no estás arreglando sound unnatural. In Spanish, you literally say that you "continue without fixing".
Does seguir sin arreglar mean "You still aren't fixing" or "You still haven't fixed"?
It handles both! In English, we often use the present perfect ("You still haven't fixed") or present continuous ("You're still not fixing") to complain about a lingering chore. Spanish covers both of these meanings perfectly with this single seguir + sin + infinitive structure.
Why is the verb arreglar in the infinitive when the English translation uses the "-ing" form ("fixing")?
In Spanish, any verb that immediately follows a preposition like sin, de, or para must be in its infinitive form. Even though English says "without fixing", Spanish strictly requires the infinitive sin arreglar, never the gerund sin arreglando.
Could I use cortina instead of persiana here?
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