Breakdown of Sin embargo, el papeleo de hoy es muy predecible.
ser
to be
de
from / of
hoy
today
muy
very
sin embargo
however
el papeleo
the paperwork
predecible
predictable
Questions & Answers about Sin embargo, el papeleo de hoy es muy predecible.
"Papeleo" clearly comes from "papel", but what exactly does the -eo suffix add?
Why do we say el papeleo de hoy instead of having a specific adjective for "today's"?
Spanish doesn't have an apostrophe-s possessive structure like English does. Instead, it links the noun to an adverb of time using de. So, "today's paperwork" literally translates to "the paperwork of today" (el papeleo de hoy).
Is predecible related to a specific verb?
Yes, it comes from the verb predecir (to predict). For -ir and -er verbs, you generally drop the infinitive ending and add the suffix -ible to form adjectives that mean "able to be done." For -ar verbs, you use -able.
Could we put sin embargo at the end of the sentence, the way we sometimes do with "however" in English?
No, in Spanish, sin embargo almost always stays at the beginning of the clause it introduces. It sounds unnatural to tack it onto the very end of a sentence like English speakers often do with "however."
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