Am I using "así que" correctly?
También, lo tengo por diez años, así que Coco es viejo y sucio. Would this sentence make since?
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Tengo a Coco hace diez años así que es viejo, y además está sucio.
I have added "además " because to be clean or dirty is not a time consecuence
I think you already asked a question about the first part of your sentence in another post.
Your use of 'así que' looks correct to me. I think you can use 'ser' with 'viejo', but I would be inclined to use 'estar' with sucio (because Coco can be washed). Maybe you could avoid the ser/estar muddle by using a different verb altogether, e.g. 'parecer' or 'lucir'.
I'm not native, so await a native response.
By the way, it should be 'make sense' as opposed to 'make since'... 
I would use "por eso" - "that's why" "...por eso Coco es viejo y está sucio.
"así que" - like this that" to me doesn't make much sense unless it is idiomatic.
Wait for a native.
I would use "entonces" here. It means "then" but Spanish people often seem to use it more in the way that we use the word "so". Por eso is good too...
Not completely sure about this - is the use of entonces different in Spain than in Latin America? (Living in south of spain here... )
I think it depends on the context, and it is a subtle nuanced difference.
Así que = so
Por eso = That's why or For that reason
Examples: 1. Your car is in the shop, and you're going to be late for work. You call your boss and say, "My car is in the shop, so I have to take the bus and I may be late to work." (así que)
- Your boss sees you get off of the bus, which is unusual for you, so he asks why. You say, "My car is in the shop. That's why I'm taking the bus." (por eso)
There are situations where you could probably use either one if you reword the sentence a bit. In your example, I think it would depend on the context in which you are making the statement.
