Why is "que" used so many times?
" Dame Este Monte " by Jesus Adrian Romero. Here is the first verse:
Que se ha pasado el tiempo y que los años marcan mi cara / que mi voz ha cambiado que no es el mismo mi caminar / que malgaste mi fuerza que en vanidades la deje ir / que diga no a mis sueños que se ha pasado mi mes de abril.
I'm not in a place to understand every minute detail of the grammar in this song, but I would like to know in simple terms how "que" is used in these verses. It doesn't make sense to me why "que" is at the beginning of each line.
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Do you remember The End of the World by Skeeter Davis?
THE END OF THE WORLD Skeeter Davis - 1964
Why does the sun go on shining Why does the sea rush to shore Don't they know it's the end of the world 'Cause you don't love me any more
Why do the birds go on singing Why do the stars glow above Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when I lost your love
I wake up in the morning and I wonder Why everything's the same as it was I can't understand, no, I can't understand How life goes on the way it does
Why does my heart go on beating Why do these eyes of mine cry Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when you said goodbye
Why does my heart go on beating Why do these eyes of mine cry Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when you said goodbye
... I give up! Why?
Why do you see "Que" so often in Spanish?
Que, Qué y lo que
Well - the above 3 can mean the following in English:
Lo que = that which.
Que and qué can be used to mean:
what - how - that - which - who(m) - than - if - whether - why - because.
When these are used as a relative pronoun in England they can be omiited in certain sentences - so we don't see them as often as we see que or qué in Spanish.
"Que" in the question means "how" as an exclamation.
It is poetic language but in very common use especially in writing.
"How the time has passed!" (Time has passed so quickly)
"How the years have marked my face!" (The passing years have left their marks on my face)
"How my voice has changed!" (my voice has changed a lot)
Bonus answer!
How to link.
While in the Answer this Question ... or Ask a Question field or box,
Hold down the Ctrl Key (on your keyboard, bottom row) and type the letter L
Up pops a box that says Enter the Address.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut03Dhgb6UI
is your example ... do not double up the 'http://' that is already there, and type (or paste) the address. In this case: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut03Dhgb6UI
Done. To ice the cake, you may replace the words 'link text' with something more meaningful if you like.
¿Qué, qué, qué? ¿Qué dices?
Que is a very imporntant connecting key in the spanish language
