Breakdown of Voy a seguir viviendo aquí con tal de que limpies la cocina.
de
from / of
vivir
to live / to be constantly (doing something)
aquí
here
con
with
ir
to go
a
to
que
that / than
limpiar
to clean
la cocina
the kitchen
seguir
to continue
tal
such (used in 'con tal de que' = provided that)
Questions & Answers about Voy a seguir viviendo aquí con tal de que limpies la cocina.
Why is limpies in the subjunctive here?
The phrase con tal de que (provided that) always requires the subjunctive. It introduces a strict condition that must be met for the main action to happen. Since cleaning the kitchen is a requirement and not an established fact, Spanish requires the subjunctive limpies.
Can I drop the de and just say con tal que limpies la cocina?
Yes, you will often hear native speakers, especially in Latin America, use con tal que. Both con tal de que and con tal que are accepted and mean exactly the same thing, though con tal de que is considered the standard form in formal writing.
Could I swap con tal de que with siempre y cuando in this sentence?
Why do we use seguir viviendo instead of continuar a vivir?
To say that you keep doing or continue doing something, Spanish uses the verb seguir followed immediately by a gerund (the -ando or -iendo form). You do not use an infinitive or the preposition a here. While continuar viviendo is also grammatically correct, seguir viviendo is much more commonly used in everyday speech.
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