Phrase · 💥 Mishaps
Menos mal que llevaba paraguas, porque cayó un aguacero tremendo.
Good thing I had an umbrella with me, because there was a huge downpour.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Menos1adverbeless (menos mal = good thing)mal1adverbebadlyque1conjonctionthatllevaba2verbeI had with me (lit. carried)llevar · imparfait · 1re pers. sing.paraguasnomumbrellamasc.,porqueconjonctionbecausecayó2verbefellcaer · passé · 3e pers. sing.undéterminantauno · masc. · sing. · indéfiniaguacero3nomdownpourmasc. · sing.tremendoadjectifhuge, tremendousmasc. · sing..
- llevaba → paraguas: obj
- aguacero → cayó: agree
- aguacero → un: agree
- aguacero → tremendo: agree
Mot à mot : “Less bad that I was carrying an umbrella, because a tremendous downpour fell.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Menos mal que + indicative = good thing, luckily. It expresses relief at a mishap avoided.
- 2llevaba (imperfect) is the background, what I had on me; cayó (preterite) is the event. Preterite vs imperfect in narration →
- 3aguacero = a sudden heavy shower, a common word across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Variantes
- Menos mal que traía paraguas, porque cayó un aguacero tremendo.