Phrase · 😏 Irony and understatement
Digamos que la cocina no es lo suyo.
Let's just say cooking isn't his thing.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
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- Digamos → que: digamos que: softener
- lo → suyo: lo suyo: his thing
- cocina → es: la cocina: subject of es
Mot à mot : “Let's say that the cooking isn't the his.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Digamos que… = let's just say…: the 1st plural subjunctive softens a negative judgement and hints more than it says. Negative imperative and imperative with pronouns →
- 2lo suyo = his or her thing, strong point. No es lo mío = it's not my thing. Possessive pronouns and stressed possessives →
- 3la cocina = cooking as well as the kitchen.
Variantes
- Digamos que cocinar no es su fuerte.
- La cocina no es precisamente lo suyo.
- Digamos que no nació para la cocina.