スペイン語日記翻訳【156】

Since I spend my weekends at the company for study purposes, I’m hardly ever home and don’t have time for cleaning. As a result, my place isn’t in a condition to have guests over, which is why I decided to ask for help. I was torn between relying on my mother and using a housekeeping service. After weighing the pros and cons, I decided to ask my mother for help.

Como paso los fines de semana en la empresa para estudiar, casi nunca estoy en casa y no tengo tiempo para limpiar. Como resultado, mi lugar no está en condiciones de recibir visitas, por lo que decidí pedir ayuda. Dudaba entre recurrir a mi madre o contratar un servicio de limpieza. Después de evaluar los pros y los contras, decidí pedirle ayuda a mi madre.

解説

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## ⭐ **Sentence 1:**
**Como paso los fines de semana en la empresa para estudiar, casi nunca estoy en casa y no tengo tiempo para limpiar.**

### 🌐 Overall Meaning
“Since I spend my weekends at the company to study, I’m almost never home and I don’t have time to clean.”

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### 🧩 **Grammar Breakdown**

#### **Como paso los fines de semana…**
– **Como** — conjunction meaning **“since / because.”**
Introduces a **cause**.
– **paso** — present tense of *pasar* (“I spend”).
– **los fines de semana** — “weekends.”
Literally “ends of week,” always plural.

#### **en la empresa**
– **en** — “in / at.”
– **la empresa** — “the company.”

#### **para estudiar**
– **para** — expresses **purpose** (“in order to”).
– **estudiar** — infinitive (“to study”).

→ “Since I spend weekends at the company to study…”

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#### **casi nunca estoy en casa**
– **casi nunca** — adverbial phrase meaning “almost never.”
– **estoy** — present tense of *estar* (“I am”).
– **en casa** — “at home.”

→ “I’m almost never home.”

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#### **y no tengo tiempo para limpiar**
– **no tengo** — “I don’t have.”
– **tiempo** — “time.”
– **para limpiar** — “to clean,” purpose expressed with **para + infinitive**.

→ “and I don’t have time to clean.”