Questions & Answers about Siempre revuelve la sopa, que así se enfría más rápido.
Why does que mean "because" here instead of "that"?
In casual speech, an unstressed que is very often used instead of porque to introduce a quick explanation or justification. This is especially common right after a command: you tell someone to do something (revuelve la sopa) and immediately tack on the reason why (que así se enfría más rápido). Wait, is revuelve a command here, or just the present tense?
It's an affirmative tú (informal) command. As a refresher, the affirmative tú command for most verbs—including stem-changers like revolver (o to ue)—looks exactly like the regular él/ella/usted present tense form. The context of giving an instruction (siempre revuelve...) tells us it's a command. Why use the pronoun se in se enfría?
The verb enfriar on its own means "to cool [something else] down" (like if you were to add ice to the soup). When something cools down by itself, Spanish uses the pronominal form enfriarse. The se shows that the soup is undergoing the change of state itself, rather than cooling another object. Is it okay to use rápido here instead of the adverb rápidamente?
Yes! While rápido is usually an adjective (meaning "fast" or "quick"), it is very commonly used as an adverb in everyday spoken Spanish to mean "fast" or "quickly." Using más rápido instead of más rápidamente sounds perfectly natural and conversational here. Learn Siempre revuelve la sopa, que así se enfría más rápido and more in Spanish
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