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Indefmite and Negative Words and Expressions

Las hijas de Marsha no compran sino Marska s daughters buy only (do not buy camisas de seda.    anything but) silk shirts.

Pero is another conjunction equivalent to but in English. The contrast expressed by pero is not as absolute. The meaning of pero is closer to howeoer or instead.

Quieren papas fritas pero sin sal.    They want French fries, but without salt.

Yamos pero no podemos gastar mucho    Lets go, but we cannot spend much money.

dinero.

Wlieii Are pero and sino Used in Spanisli?

Both pero and sino are used to State contrasts. When in doubt, think of the message you want to communicate to your audience.

•    Pero communicates the idea of howeoer, instead.

Yenden buenos productos pero son    They sell goud products, but (howeoer) they

muy caros.    are expensive.

   Sino is used only after a negative statement and its meaning is closer to on the contrary or but rather.

No les gustan las peliculas de horror    They do not like horror rnotńes, but (on the

sino las peliculas cómicas.    contrary) funny movies.

No entraron sino que salieron.    They did not come in but (instead) went out.

Notę, in the example above, that if you contrast two conjugated verbs you should use sino que.

ejercicio

Las cosas claras. Completa las oraciones eon una corrección. Escńbe la corrección eon lapalabra entre parentesis y la conjunción sino.

EJEMPLO La piata no es un vegetal. (un minerał) —>

La piata no es un vegetal sino un minerał.

1.    El sol no es un planeta, (una estrella) _

2.    Blanca Nieves no es un personaje (character) real. (ficticio) _

3.    La astronomia no es un deporte. (ciencia) _

4.    El ingles no es la lengua oficial de Portugal, (portugues) _

5.    La paella no es un piąto tipico mexicano. (espańol) _

6.    El ballet no es un juego. (arte) _

7.    Un crucigrama no es un problema. (pasatiempo) _

8.    Un perro no es una persona, (animal) _


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