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Dado que somos cinco, necesitamos el todoterreno.

Dado que somos cinco, necesitamos el todoterreno.
Given that we are five, we need the SUV.
From Lesson 528:Renting a Car·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Dado que somos cinco, necesitamos el todoterreno.

ser
to be
cinco
five
necesitar
to need
dado que
given that
el todoterreno
the SUV

Questions & Answers about Dado que somos cinco, necesitamos el todoterreno.

Why is dado que followed by the indicative (somos) instead of the subjunctive here?
The phrase dado que means "given that" or "since". When it states a declared fact or cause—like the fact that there are five people in the group—it takes the indicative. You would only use the subjunctive after dado que for hypothetical or unlikely scenarios.
Does the word dado in dado que ever change to match gender or number?
No. When dado que is used as a conjunction meaning "given that", it acts as a fixed phrase and is completely invariable. Even though somos cinco refers to multiple people, you do not change it to dados que.
Why doesn't the Spanish sentence use hay for "there are five of us"?
When counting a group that includes yourself, Spanish uses the nosotros form of the verb ser. While English speakers naturally want to say hay cinco de nosotros (there are five of us), native Spanish speakers just say somos cinco (literally, "we are five").
How does a compound noun like todoterreno work in the plural?
Because todoterreno (literally "all-terrain") is fused into a single word, it follows standard pluralization rules for nouns ending in a vowel. You simply add an -s to the end, making it los todoterrenos.

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