Wendung · 📜 Proverbs and sayings
Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres.
You are known by the company you keep.
C1judging people by their friendswird als Ganzes gelerntAudio · bald verfügbar
Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
Dime1Verbtell medecir · Imperativ · 2. Pers. Sg.conPräpositionwithquién3PronomenwhoSg.andas2Verbwalk; (andar con) hang around withandar · Präsens · 2. Pers. Sg.yKonjunktionandtePronomenyou, to you, yourselftú · 2. Pers. Sg.diréVerbwill telldecir · Futur · 1. Pers. Sg.quiénPronomenwhoSg.eresVerbareser · Präsens · 2. Pers. Sg..
- Dime → diré: imperative + y + future
- con → quién: preposition + quién
Wörtlich: “Tell me who you go around with and I will tell you who you are.”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1Imperative + y + future works as a condition: tell me…, and I will tell you. Conditions without si: como, en caso de que, a menos que, gerund, imperative →
- 2Meaning: the people you spend time with show who you are. Often a warning about bad company.
- 3quién keeps its accent in indirect questions, even after a preposition. Reported speech I and indirect questions →