ho (oracions i atributs neutres)

Ho as Neuter and Clausal Pronoun

Level 5

Ho represents a clause, a neuter idea or an appropriate predicative complement.

How It Works

Ho sé can refer to the fact that someone has arrived; it does not identify a masculine or feminine object noun. The demonstratives això and allò commonly correspond to ho when used as direct objects. A definite noun instead normally needs el, la, els or les.

Ho also replaces a predicate with ser or estar in suitable contexts: és metgessa i ho és per vocació; està cansat i encara ho estarà demà. Here it replaces the description, not the person.

Do not use ho for an indefinite quantity merely because the English translation says some or any. That partitive function commonly requires en. Identify whether the omitted element is a proposition, predicate or noun phrase.

Examples (3)

  1. Això no ho sabia.

    I did not know that.

  2. És metgessa i ho és per vocació.

    She is a doctor and is one by vocation.

  3. Sembla difícil, però no ho és.

    It seems difficult, but it is not.

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ho (oracions i atributs neutres)Level 5Ho as Neuter and Clausal Pronoun

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Identify a neuter clause or predicate represented by ho.

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