ITH translation question

So while not impressed with ITH at first, I've been savoring the OBC since it came out. I've grown to appreciate all the details of the score and story.

I am not fluent in Spanish, so I have a question about a phrase in the show. They say "No pare sigue, sigue!" several times in the show. It is also on a t-shirt. I used an online translator to get a translation. It told me, it means "Do not give birth, continue, continue!" --- I'm assuming that this is a literal translation, and that it has a slightly different meaning than this.

Can anyone who is fluent in Spanish help me?

Thanks!

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Don't stop; contine, continue

pare is the subjunctive (because it is used in the negative) command form of parar, to stop, and sigue is the command form of seguir, to continue.

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Updated On: 7/15/08 at 08:56 PM

pare is the subjunctive (because it is used in the negative) command form of parar,

I thought I mentioned that -In Spanish SUBJUNCTIVE and COMMAND are two different things. I dont think there is such thing as subjunctive command! the only thing the same between subjunctive and command is the "conjugation" on usted form and its negative (see table below)

Command=Imperative - used to express commands or orders (hence the name) There is a positive command in Spanish and a negative and conjugated differently and there are two forms of command FORMAL (usted) and INFORMAL (tu)

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Tu form (informal)
no pares<--->para

Usted/Utds form (informal)
no pare <--> pare

translation:
don't stop! <--> stop!
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SUBJUNCTIVE is not a TENSE, its a MOOD- used to express desires, doubt, wishes..etc... its VERY different from PRESENT TENSE which is used to express facts..

example: Subjunctive Present tense- conjugated the REVERSE of present tense- (ar, er and ir verbs as PARAR (to stop)

I wish you stop!
Quiero que pare.

(Its not as EASY as that.. SUBJUNCTIVE has Present, Present Perfect, Imperfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive)

Another subjunctive that uses mood!

deseo que la gente NO utilize mis repuestas que fijé.

translation:

I wish that people wont use my answers that I posted (on previous thread!)

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=969773#3611719

J*

Updated On: 7/15/08 at 09:34 PM