Wendung · 😏 Irony and understatement
¡Anda que no has tardado!
You sure took your time!
C2ironic reproachumgangssprachliches-ESAudio · bald verfügbar
Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
¡Anda1Verbboy (lit. walk)andar · Imperativ · 2. Pers. Sg.que1Konjunktion(that)no2Adverb(emphatic, not negative)has3Verbyou havehaber · Präsens · 2. Pers. Sg.tardado3Verbtaken longtardar · Partizip · mask. · Sg.!
- Anda → que: ¡Anda que…!: emphatic opener
- no → tardado: expletive no: affirms
- has → tardado: has + participle: perfect
Wörtlich: “Walk, that you haven't taken long!”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1¡Anda que…! (Spain): the imperative of andar has become an emphatic opener for reproach or irony. Lexicalised imperatives and pragmatic particles →
- 2The no here is expletive: ¡Anda que no has tardado! = you sure took your time! It affirms, it doesn't deny. Advanced emphatic and exclamative structures →
- 3Present perfect for something that has just happened (Spain). Latin America: ¡Cómo tardaste! Present perfect vs preterite (Spain vs Latin America) →
Varianten
- ¡Anda que no has tardado poco!
- ¡Cuánto has tardado!
- ¡Por fin! ¡Cómo te demoraste!