Breakdown of Ahora estoy consciente de que la negación evita la aceptación.
de
from / of
estar
to be (location/state)
ahora
now
que
that / than
evitar
to avoid
consciente
conscious / aware
la negación
denial
la aceptación
acceptance
Questions & Answers about Ahora estoy consciente de que la negación evita la aceptación.
Why is it de que instead of just que after consciente?
The base phrase is estar consciente de (to be aware of). When the thing you are aware of is an entire clause starting with que (that denial prevents acceptance), you must keep the de. Dropping it to say consciente que is a grammatical error called queísmo. While English just says "aware that," Spanish keeps its preposition: consciente de que.
Could I say soy consciente instead of estoy consciente here?
Doesn't evitar usually mean "to avoid"? Why does it translate to "prevents" here?
Evitar means both "to avoid" and "to prevent" (in the sense of stopping a situation or outcome from occurring). While Spanish does have the word prevenir, it is mostly used for taking advance precautions against something (like preventing an illness or an accident). Because denial directly blocks or stops acceptance from happening, evita is the most natural verb here.
Why do we need the article la before negación and aceptación?
In Spanish, abstract concepts and nouns used in a broad, universal sense require a definite article (el, la, los, las). English drops the article for general concepts like "denial" and "acceptance," but Spanish requires them: la negación and la aceptación.
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