what does the phrase "tal sino" mean?
Ya la armonía no es tal sino se volvió caos.
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Hello, and welcome to the forum.
Hrm. This is a guess, just until someone who actually knows can come and explain it properly. It is possible the author might have meant "tal, sino..." with a comma? In that case, the phrase would be something like, "Harmony isn't what it used to be/not as harmonious as it once was, but rather it has become chaos." Or maybe, for the second part, "but rather chaos has returned." If it were going to be "it has become chaos" I would have expected it to say, "se volvió en caos." (By the way, if anyone has any insights about that part, let me know, please.)
At any rate, in this case the tal and the sino are separate, not a single phrase, and tal means something like 'such' or 'itself' in this context, while sino means 'but rather'. Just my interpretation, though.
