Sino / Para

Question

Cuándo uso 'sino', y cuándo uso 'pero'..?

Gracias,
Martyn.

Answer 1

Gracias - yo miraré a la pagina.
Martyn.

Answer 2

Every language needs something to confound the foreigners.

Answer 3

Buenas, dejo una dirección en la que nos indica como corregir, los errores más frecuentes al escribir en castellano http://cvc.cervantes.es/alhabla/museo_horrores/

Answer 4

Thanks James
Another ambiguity for me to remember. By the way, I liked your comment regarding
the use of por and para. Why didn't they choose pora'

Answer 5

Eddy, you're right that sino is usually only used after a negative clause, but pero can be used after either a negative or positive clause, as my examples show.

That's why it's good to remember that sino is used to mean "Not this, but RATHER this." If the OP googles {sino los que} he will get lots of usage examples that will help him see how this is used in Spanish. (BTW, the "los que" in the above search string is just to narrow the search to Spanish sites.)

Answer 6

Muchas gracias.

También, me hizo hacer la pregunta adecuada'

Answer 7

Both mean but, however, sino is used after a negative comment ie no será hoy sino mañana - it won't be today but tomorrow.

After a positive comment pero is used ie será mañana pero despues de las once - it will be tomorrow but after 11' o clock.

Answer 8

Pero means "but" in most situations. Use sino when you mean "but rather/instead."

El problema no soy yo, sino él.
El problema no soy yo, pero voy a tratar de resolverlo.