Wendung · 🔦 Emphasising and focusing

Eso mismo pensaba yo.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

C1agreeing emphaticallyAudio · bald verfügbar

Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht

Eso1Pronomenthatese · Sg.mismoAdjektivvery, exactlymask. · Sg.pensaba2VerbI was thinking, I thoughtpensar · Imperfekt · 1. Pers. Sg.yoPronomenI1. Pers. Sg. · Subjekt.

Eso → pensaba: fronted object
yo → pensaba: inverted subject

Wörtlich: “That same thing I was thinking.”

Warum sie so gebaut ist

Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.

1
The object comes first for focus, and the subject yo moves to the end. Topicalisation, clitic doubling and lo as an attribute →
2
Imperfect: a thought in progress. Imperfect: forms and uses →