Questions & Answers about Voy a coger el tren porque es tan puntual como el metro.
How does tan ... como work in this sentence?
Tan ... como is used to say two things are equal in some way, exactly like the English phrase 'as ... as'. Here, we sandwich the adjective puntual (punctual or on time) between them to say the train is as punctual as the subway. Would I always use coger to mean 'to take' a train?
In Spain, coger is the standard, everyday verb for catching public transport, like coger el tren (to take the train) or coger el autobús (to take the bus). However, in many Latin American countries, people use the verb tomar instead, because coger carries an offensive slang meaning there. Why does the sentence just say es tan puntual instead of including a word for 'it'?
In Spanish, you generally drop the subject pronoun when it is already clear what you are talking about from the context. Since we just mentioned el tren (the train) in the first half of the sentence, we do not need a pronoun for 'it' and can go straight to the verb es (is). Is Voy a coger happening right now or in the future?
It is a future plan! This phrase uses the very common structure ir a (to go to) plus an unconjugated verb. Just like in English, saying voy a (I am going to) followed by an action is the most common way to talk about what you are about to do. Learn Voy a coger el tren porque es tan puntual como el metro and more in Spanish
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