Breakdown of Él sigue sin arreglar la bisagra y la persiana.
él
he
y
and
arreglar
to fix
seguir
to continue
sin
without
la bisagra
hinge
la persiana
blind (window)
Questions & Answers about Él sigue sin arreglar la bisagra y la persiana.
Why do we use sin arreglar here instead of no arreglando to say "not fixing"?
In Spanish, to express that someone "continues not doing" something or "still isn't doing" something, you use the verb seguir followed by sin and the infinitive (arreglar). You cannot say sigue no arreglando; the structure seguir sin + infinitive is the standard way to form this negative continuous idea.
The English translation says "is still not fixing", but could this also mean "still hasn't fixed"?
Why is arreglar in the infinitive instead of conjugated or in the gerund form?
In Spanish, any verb that immediately follows a preposition like sin, de, a, or por must be in its infinitive form. Since we are using the preposition sin (without), arreglar stays in the infinitive, even though English uses the "-ing" form here.
Why do we need the second la before persiana? Could we just say la bisagra y persiana?
It is much more common and natural in Spanish to repeat the definite article (la) for each noun in a list, especially when they refer to distinct, separate objects like a hinge and a blind.
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