Wendung · 🫂 Difficult conversations
Créeme que me cuesta decírtelo.
Believe me, this is hard for me to say.
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Créeme1Verbbelieve mecreer · Imperativ · 2. Pers. Sg.queKonjunktion(that)me2Objektpronomen(for) meyo · 1. Pers. Sg. · indirektes Objektcuesta2Verbit is hard (lit. costs)costar · Präsens · 3. Pers. Sg.decírtelo3Verbtelling you (it)decir · Infinitiv.
- me → cuesta: me cuesta: gustar-type
- cuesta → decírtelo: costar + infinitive (its subject)
- Créeme → que: créeme que + indicative
Wörtlich: “Believe me that it costs me to tell it to you.”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1Créeme = believe me: imperative + me, with an accent to keep the stress. Negative imperative and imperative with pronouns →
- 2me cuesta + infinitive = it's hard for me to…: it works like gustar; the infinitive is the subject. Verbs like gustar II: doler, parecer, quedar, importar, molestar, faltar →
- 3decírtelo = decir + te + lo: indirect before direct, both attached, with an accent. Double object pronouns (se lo) and clitic placement →
Varianten
- Créeme que no es fácil decírtelo.
- Te aseguro que me cuesta mucho decírtelo.
- Créame que me cuesta decírselo.