Breakdown of Esa celebridad es muy frívola, a pesar de que tiene talento.
ser
to be
muy
very
tener
to have
ese
that (m.sg., also esa, esos, esas, eso)
el talento
the talent
a pesar de que
even though, despite the fact that
la celebridad
the celebrity
frívolo
frivolous
Questions & Answers about Esa celebridad es muy frívola, a pesar de que tiene talento.
How could we rewrite the end of this sentence to use the ¡la de... que! structure from this lesson?
You could say ¡a pesar de la de talento que tiene! (in spite of the amount of talent she has!). Here, talento is the noun placed between la de and que, followed by the conjugated verb tiene.
If this celebrity is a man, would we change the beginning to Ese celebridad and the adjective to frívolo?
No, it stays exactly the same. Celebridad is always a feminine noun regardless of the person's actual gender. Any adjectives must agree with the grammatical gender of the noun, so esa and frívola remain feminine even if you are talking about a male celebrity.
Why is tiene in the indicative mood here after a pesar de que?
We use the indicative after a pesar de que when declaring a known, established fact. The speaker knows for sure this person has talent. If you used the subjunctive (tenga), it would change the meaning to "even if she has talent" or indicate that you are just acknowledging a fact the listener already brought up.
Could we use aunque instead of a pesar de que in this sentence?
Yes, aunque is a perfect substitute here. You could say aunque tiene talento. Both expressions take the indicative to state a fact, but a pesar de que gives a slightly stronger sense of contrast, similar to "in spite of the fact that" versus "even though" in English.
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