Phrase · 🎙️ Managing the conversation

Bueno, sigo con lo que te estaba contando.

Okay, let me get back to what I was telling you.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Bueno1interjectionwell, okay,sigo2verbeI go onseguir · présent · 1re pers. sing.con2prépositionwithlo3déterminantwhat (the thing)el · masc. · sing. · définique3pronomthattepronom complément(to) youtú · 2e pers. sing. · COIestaba4verbeI wasestar · imparfait · 1re pers. sing.contando4verbetellingcontar · gérondif.

sigo → con: prep
contando → te: iobj
contando → que: obj

Mot à mot : “Well, I continue with what I was telling you.”

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Bueno at the start of a turn = well, okay: it signals you are taking the floor again or changing direction.
2
seguir con = to carry on with. Stem change e → i: sigo, sigues. Verbs with prepositions →
3
lo que = what, the thing that. Relative clauses I: que, quien, donde, lo que →
4
estaba contando: past progressive, a story that was still going when it got interrupted. Narrative past system: pluperfect, past progressive, iba a →