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The adverbs todava and an both mean still/yet, and can be placed before or after
the verb:
Le pareca imposible que estuviera lloviendo todava (an).*It seemed impossible to hi
m/her that it was still raining.
An (todava) no haba comenzado a nevar cuando ocurri el accidente.*It hadn t started
snowing yet when the accident happened.
~ Note: Only before or after comparisons (ms, menor, peor, etc.), can even be tra
nslated as todava or an:
Es an mejor de lo que pensaba.* It s even better than I thought.
~ Keep in mind that English still and yet are also conjunctions meaning however
or but.
In these cases other Spanish expressions must be used, such as sin embargo, con
todo, pero, mas:
She s smart, yet selfish *Es lista, pero egosta.
Ya has several uses, but its most common meanings are already and now for affirm
ative sentences, and not anymore for negative sentences. It s usually placed bef
ore the verb:
Ya vuelvo / regreso.* I ll be right back; I m coming back right now.
Ya se les habr olvidado.* They will (may) have forgotten by now.
Ya han devuelto los libros.* They have returned the books already.
Ya almorc / Ya he almorzado.* I( ve) already had lunch.
Ya no les gusta bailar.* They don t like dancing anymore.
Ya no nos quejaremos (ms).* We won t complain anymore.
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a causa de (que) *because of
debido a (que) * due to
por * because of
porque * because
como * because, since
ya que *because, since
puesto que * because, since
dado que *given that
adems (de) * besides, furthermore
hay que aadir (que) * it is worth adding
en cambio *on the other hand, instead
por otra parte por otro lado *on the other hand
no obstante * nevertheless, however
sin embargo *nevertheless, however
a diferencia de *in contrast to
en contraste con in contrast to
a pesar de (que) * in spite of, despite
por el contrario * on the contrary
al contrario * on the contrary
en vez de * instead of
con todo * nevertheless, still
pero / sino * but
aunque *although, even though
en general por lo general generalmente * generally
En primer lugar Para empezar En primer trmino Ante todo *first of all
as (que) *thus
en consecuencia * as a result
como resultado * as a result
por consiguiente * therefore
por lo tanto * therefore
por eso * therefore, for that reason