What do the first two "que" mean in the sentence?

Question

Asi que no teman, que para Dios ustedes valen mas que muchos parajillos. (Mateo 11, Bible)
Any answer would be appreciated.

Answer 1

My (uneducated) guess
So that you don't fear, that for god you are worth more than many parajillos.

Entonces, ¿Que son parajillos'

Answer 2

Así que... = so...
(ya) que... = since

Answer 3

Thank you, Mr Lazarus, for answering my questions. I have another question to ask you. Sometimes it's very difficult for me to decide the infinitive, for example, teman comes from temer. Are there any dictionaries to look up'

Answer 4

Mr Tad, thank you. It's pajarillo, no parajillo. Gracias.

Answer 5

Yes, that would make it:
So don't fear, since god values you more than many pajarillos.
Entonces, ¿Que son pajarillos'

Answer 6

Knowing the regular verb ending will help you figure out what the infinitive is (you can tell if it's an AR verb, or an ER/IR verb). Irregular verbs will be harder to "guess," but the ones that are wackily irregular are commonly used verbs so you should get to know those quickly and relatively easily; many irregular verbs are also irregular in a pattern, so finding those out should not be as hard.

Part of the problem in this case is that "teman" is a command (you're telling them "Do not fear/Do not be afraid") which gives "temer" the "opposite" ending (-an instead of -en), which can through you for a loop.

Answer 7

Pájaro = bird

-ito, -illo (and -ico, in some countries, if I remember correctly) are suffixes that make the noun "smaller." Therefore, "pajarillos" (or "pajaritos") would be "little birds."

Answer 8

The imperative forms of temer are: The second person(single): teme; the third person(single): tema; the first person (plural): temamos; the second person (plural): temed; the third person (plural): teman. If no teman means don't fear, why do we day no teman(the third person)'Why don't we say no teme or no temed? Could you please help me'

Answer 9

Here he is speaking to Ustedes.
(Also it is a negative imperative) eg 'teme' but 'no temas'
These imperatives are a pain

Answer 10

The imperative forms of temer are: The second person(single): teme; the third person(single): tema; the first person (plural): temamos; the second person (plural): temed; the third person (plural): teman. If no teman means don't fear, why do we day no teman(the third person)'Why don't we say no teme or no temed? Could you please help me'

Answer 11

Luis, we are using the imperative form , plural here (polite form for "usted")

look ate complete conjugation here:

http://www.spanishdict.com/conjugate/temer

And: Hi, discovered the "double click" function yet? Just click on the word you are looking for and it will lead you directly to the dictionary and the different "discussions" with the word involved.

Answer 12

Luis, I think it's simple: "asi que" is a phrase that means "thus" or "therefore" and introduces the subjunctive / imperative "do not fear"; the second "que" means "that" but is better translated "since". So it begins to sound like what we know as, "Therefore do not fear, for to God you are worth more than the sparrows."

Answer 13

Thanks. I'd forgotten about -illo endings. Pajarito is in WR dic. but pajarillos no, but when I googled it there were quite a few examples. I'm looking at an article about it on about.com.

and -ico, in some countries, if I remember correctly -apparently this is very popular in Costa Rica.

Answer 14

"Usted" and "ustedes" are second person (formal you, sing & plural, respectively), but they conjugate the same way third person does.

In Latin America, we do not use "vosotros" (second person plural, "temed"), so the only option to tell y'all (you plural) not to fear is "no teman" (the "ustedes" form).

Answer 15

throw you for a loop.
wackily: nice word, nice reply.