Wendung · 😏 Irony and understatement
Perdone usted, pero creo que estaba yo antes.
Excuse me, but I believe I was here first.
C2mock politenessAudio · bald verfügbar
Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
Perdone1Verbexcuse (me)perdonar · Imperativ · 3. Pers. Sg.usted1Pronomenyou (formal)2. Pers.,peroKonjunktionbutcreoVerbI thinkcreer · Präsens · 1. Pers. Sg.queKonjunktionthatestaba2Verbwas (here)estar · Imperfekt · 1. Pers. Sg.yo3PronomenI1. Pers. Sg. · SubjektantesAdverbfirst (lit. before).
- Perdone → usted: perdone agrees with usted
- creo → que: creo que + indicative
- yo → estaba: yo: subject after the verb
Wörtlich: “Pardon you, but I think that was I before.”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1Mock politeness: an exaggerated perdone usted, with explicit usted, said to a queue-jumper sounds cold and ironic. Advanced emphatic and exclamative structures →
- 2Imperfect estaba: the situation before the other person cut in. It also softens the claim. Imperfect: forms and uses →
- 3Subject yo after the verb puts the focus on it: I was the one here first. Emphasis and information structure: clefts and lo … que →
Varianten
- Disculpe, pero creo que yo estaba antes.
- Perdone usted, pero me parece que era mi turno.
- Perdona, pero creo que estaba yo antes.