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It depends on how fast you are able to learn
This is what I tried:
Depende de la rapidez tuyo que puedes aprender
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1Hi Gina, could you try to translate it yourself first? The rules of the site encourage us to let people try first and then we help them, pointing out mistakes or explaining the why of something, instead of just giving solutions to them. Thanks.– DiegoCommented May 20, 2016 at 18:39
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Okii. 'Depiende de la rapidez tuyo que peudes aprender'. I know this is wrong tough.– Gina AxellaCommented May 20, 2016 at 18:42
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2fedorqui answer uses Castilian Spanish, and ustanak answer is mostly used for Latin American speakers. Both are correct and both should be understood by any native Spanish speaker person.– SergioetCommented May 31, 2016 at 18:03
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2 Answers
In general, to translate how fast, lo rápido is a good construction.
So I would say:
Depende de lo rápido que puedas aprender
Or, something that sounds a bit better but is not that much a direct translation of the full sentence:
Depende de lo rápido que aprendas
Here, lo works as a neutral defined article, as DRAE says:
- art. deter. n. Pondera el grado del adjetivo o el adverbio al que modifica. U. seguido de una subordinada introducida por que. Ya sabes lo lentos que son. Admiro lo bien que trabaja.
answered May 20, 2016 at 18:55
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2I don't think "lo" is a pronoun there but an article. That is, sense 1 in your link wich redirects to "el", and sense 9 there.– YayCommented May 20, 2016 at 19:11
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Thinking it over, I think it's sense 11: "11. art. deter. n. Pondera el grado del adjetivo o el adverbio al que modifica. U. seguido de una subordinada introducida por que. Ya sabes lo lentos que son. Admiro lo bien que trabaja.– YayCommented May 20, 2016 at 20:01
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@Yay gracias por la corrección. Edité para reflejar lo que comentas.– fedorquiCommented May 20, 2016 at 22:49
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1Taken from the DPD: "Por su parte, lo suele considerarse como artículo neutro por su capacidad de sustantivar adjetivos y determinadas oraciones de relativo: lo malo, lo que está mal; para muchos lingüistas se trata, en cambio, de un pronombre." There is no consensus on the grammatical category of this word.– GorpikCommented Jun 1, 2016 at 11:14
how fast has two ways:
- Depende de qué tan rápido eres capaz de aprender.
- Depende de cuán rápido eres capaz de aprender.
Often, qué tan and cuán are interchangeable.
