Breakdown of El moderador dijo que el estudiante había proyectado fuerte la voz.
el estudiante
student
fuerte
strong / loudly
que
that / than
decir
to say, to tell
Questions & Answers about El moderador dijo que el estudiante había proyectado fuerte la voz.
Why does the sentence use fuerte instead of an adverb like fuertemente to mean strongly?
In Spanish, some adjectives can be used directly as adverbs without adding the -mente ending. This is called an adverbial adjective. Words like fuerte, rápido, and duro are very commonly used this way in everyday speech to describe how an action is performed. Here, fuerte modifies the verb había proyectado, meaning he projected his voice with a lot of volume or power.
Since la voz is feminine, would fuerte change to match plural voices if the sentence changed?
No, because fuerte is functioning as an adverb here, not as an adjective describing the noun la voz. Adverbs never change their form to match gender or number. Even if the sentence talked about multiple students projecting their voices, the word would still be fuerte because it only describes the action of the verb.
Why does it say la voz instead of su voz when the English translation says his voice?
In Spanish, it is standard practice to use the definite article (el, la, los, las) instead of a possessive adjective (mi, tu, su) when referring to body parts or inherent personal traits like a voice. The context already makes it clear that the student is using his own voice, making su unnecessary and slightly unnatural to native speakers.