Phrase · 📜 Proverbs in conversation
Tú eres contador, no médico; zapatero, a tus zapatos.
You're an accountant, not a doctor; stick to what you know.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
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- zapatero → zapatos: frozen proverb
- tus → zapatos: tus agrees with zapatos (pl.)
- Tú → eres: tú agrees with eres
Mot à mot : “You are an accountant, not a doctor; shoemaker, to your shoes.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Zapatero, a tus zapatos = stick to what you know (lit. shoemaker, to your shoes).
- 2No verb: an order in shorthand (dedícate a tus zapatos). Natural but blunt: use it with people you know well.
- 3contador = accountant in Latin America; Spain says contable.
- 4The explicit tú adds contrast and a reproachful tone. Subject pronouns and forms of address: tú, usted, ustedes →
Variantes
- Eres contador, no médico; zapatero, a tus zapatos.
- Tú eres contable, no médico; zapatero, a tus zapatos.
- Tú eres contador, no médico; mejor no opines de eso.