Breakdown of Nos complementamos el uno al otro, de modo que nunca perdemos la posición.
de
from / of
a
to
perder
to lose
que
that / than
uno
one
la
the (feminine)
otro
other
nunca
never
nos
each other (reciprocal)
el modo
way
complementar
to complement
la posición
the position
Questions & Answers about Nos complementamos el uno al otro, de modo que nunca perdemos la posición.
Why do we add el uno al otro when Nos complementamos already translates to "we complement each other"?
The pronoun nos can be either reflexive (ourselves) or reciprocal (each other). While context usually makes it clear that complementamos is reciprocal here, adding el uno al otro heavily emphasizes that mutual action and completely removes any chance of ambiguity.
Could we say los unos a los otros instead of el uno al otro in this sentence?
What if two women are saying this sentence? Does el uno al otro change?
Why does de modo que trigger the indicative perdemos instead of the subjunctive perdamos?
The phrase de modo que can express an actual result (with the result that) or an intended purpose (so that). When it states a factual consequence that is actually happening, as it does here, it takes the indicative. If it were expressing an intended goal for the future, it would trigger the subjunctive.
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