Breakdown of Dado que buscan una apariencia natural, no se rechaza a nadie por no ser fotogénico.
ser
to be
no
no, not
una
a, an (feminine)
buscar
to look for
nadie
no one
por
for / by / through / in/during (part of the day)
se
(impersonal) one / passive marker
natural
natural
rechazar
to reject
dado que
given that
fotogénico
photogenic
la apariencia
appearance
a
personal 'a' (marks a human direct object)
Questions & Answers about Dado que buscan una apariencia natural, no se rechaza a nadie por no ser fotogénico.
Why is it se rechaza a nadie with a singular verb, instead of something plural?
This sentence uses the impersonal se. Because nadie refers to a person, it requires the personal a. A strict rule applies here: whenever we use the personal a with the impersonal se to show that someone is being acted upon, the verb must stay in the singular third-person form (rechaza), even if the object is plural. This disambiguates the sentence, preventing it from sounding like a reflexive action where people are rejecting themselves.
Is dado que always followed by the indicative mood, like buscan here?
Dado que (meaning "given that" or "since") is followed by the indicative when it introduces a known fact or an objective cause. Since the fact that they are looking for a natural appearance is an established reality in this context, buscan is correctly in the indicative.
Why do we need the no in no se rechaza if we already have the negative word nadie?
Why does the sentence use por no ser instead of a conjugated verb or por no siendo?
The preposition por is used here to indicate the reason or cause for the action (because of not being photogenic). In Spanish, whenever a verb immediately follows a preposition, it must be in its infinitive form (ser), never the gerund (siendo). To make an infinitive negative, you simply place no directly in front of it.
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