Translation
the thing is, it's just that
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Examples
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I can't go. The thing is, I have to work.
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It's just that I don't like fish.
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Why are you late? Well, there wasn't a bus.
introduces a reason or an excuse: the thing is, it's just that. A bare no puedo sounds curt; es que no puedo sounds as if there is a reason, even before you give it. It has no subject of its own. When something comes before it as the subject (el problema es que..., lo bueno es que...), that is ordinary ser plus que: the problem is that...
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Grammar articles
(6)Advanced Spanish Grammar (C1-C2): Sounding Native
Spanish Cleft Sentences: fue Pedro quien, lo que quiero es
Spanish Filler Words: bueno, pues, vale, o sea and more
Spanish Informal Register: Slang, Texting and Fillers
Spanish Neuter Article lo: lo bueno, lo que, lo de
Advanced Spanish Negation: ni, tampoco, sino vs pero
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