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El compañero siempre organiza los documentos en la carpeta.

El compañero siempre organiza los documentos en la carpeta.
The colleague always organizes the documents in the folder.
From Lesson 261:Relative pronouns for things (el que, la que)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El compañero siempre organiza los documentos en la carpeta.

How could we change this to say 'the folder in which the colleague organizes the documents' to practice this lesson's grammar?
You would say la carpeta en la que el compañero organiza los documentos. Since carpeta is feminine and singular, you use the preposition en plus the feminine singular relative pronoun la que.
Could compañero mean 'classmate' instead of 'colleague'?
Yes. Compañero is a versatile word. Depending on the context, it can mean 'colleague' (compañero de trabajo), 'classmate' (compañero de clase), or 'roommate' (compañero de piso). Here, 'colleague' fits best because of the documents and folder.
Why does siempre come before the verb here? Can it go after?
Adverbs of frequency like siempre (always) usually go right before the conjugated verb in Spanish, just like in English. You can sometimes put it after the verb for emphasis, but placing it before is the most natural word order.
If the colleague were female, what would change?
You would change the masculine article El to the feminine La, and the noun compañero to compañera. The rest of the sentence remains exactly the same: La compañera siempre organiza los documentos en la carpeta.

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