el and que
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I want to know why don't I use el in this sentence
he is dark skin que es oscuro piel
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updated MAY 7, 2010
posted by jamalking
Hi, it would be helpful if you could rephrase this so it's clearer what you are asking... I certainly don't understand! :-) - aceydoubleyou, MAY 7, 2010
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Can you give us a bit more context? This is sort of odd. It might be "What is dark skin?" or "[...] that it's dark skin." There needs to be something before it for it to be the second, though. And the first would require ¿ and ? and an accent mark on the e of que. "He is dark skin" doesn't make sense in English.
updated MAR 12, 2014
edited by MacFadden
posted by MacFadden
El es de OScuro piel . He is OF dark skin makes sense. Need an El - El Que Es de Osucro Piel would be better . The Que could just be used for expression or emphasis. - SELWICH425, MAY 7, 2010
Would "tiene piel oscuro" work? Could the English have needed to be has rather than is? Sometimes people say "...is dark skinned." - Delores--Lindsey, MAY 7, 2010
But where I live, "has dark skin" would be more common. - Delores--Lindsey, MAY 7, 2010
