Phrase · 🎩 Elevated register
Aquel silencio repentino me inquietó sobremanera.
That sudden silence troubled me greatly.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Aquel3déterminantthatmasc. · sing.silencionomsilencemasc. · sing.repentinoadjectifsuddenmasc. · sing.me2pronom complémentmeyo · 1re pers. sing. · CODinquietó2verbetroubledinquietar · passé · 3e pers. sing.sobremanera1adverbegreatly.
- sobremanera → inquietó: sobremanera intensifies the verb
- silencio → inquietó: el silencio: subject
- Aquel → silencio: aquel agrees with silencio
- repentino → silencio: repentino agrees with silencio
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1sobremanera = exceedingly, greatly (literary). It follows the verb or adjective it intensifies. Literary and archaic style →
- 2inquietar: the silence is the subject, the person the object (me), like preocupar.
- 3aquel points to something distant in time: that silence, back then. Demonstratives and place words: este, ese, aquel →
Variantes
- Aquel silencio repentino me inquietó muchísimo.
- Me inquietó sobremanera aquel súbito silencio.
- Ese silencio tan repentino me preocupó mucho.