Phrase · 🎙️ Managing the conversation
¿Por dónde iba? Ah, sí, les estaba hablando de mi abuela.
Where was I? Oh, yes, I was telling you about my grandmother.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
¿Por1prépositionthroughdónde1adverbewhereiba1verbeI was goingir · imparfait · 1re pers. sing.?Ahinterjectionoh,síadverbeyes,les2pronom complément(to) you allél · 3e pers. plur. · COIestaba2verbeI wasestar · imparfait · 1re pers. sing.hablando2verbetalkinghablar · gérondifdeprépositionaboutmidéterminantmy1re pers. sing.abuelanomgrandmotherfém. · sing..
- iba → Por: prep
- hablando → les: iobj
- hablando → de: prep
- abuela → mi: agree
Mot à mot : “Through where was I going? Ah, yes, I was talking to you about my grandmother.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1¿Por dónde iba? = where was I? Use it to find your thread again after an interruption. Imperfect: forms and uses →
- 2les estaba hablando: past progressive; les = to you all (ustedes). The pronoun can also go last: hablándoles. Narrative past system: pluperfect, past progressive, iba a →