Phrase · 💭 Hypotheses in every register
Tú vuelve a llegar tarde y verás.
Just try being late again and you'll see.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Tú2pronomyou (just)2e pers. sing. · sujetvuelve1verbego back (again)volver · impératif · 2e pers. sing.a3prépositiontollegarverbearriveinfinitiftardeadverbelatey1conjonctionandverás1verbeyou'll seever · futur · 2e pers. sing..
- Tú → vuelve: tú + imperative: challenge
- vuelve → llegar: volver a + infinitive
- vuelve → verás: imperative + y + future: threat
Mot à mot : “You, go back to arriving late and you'll see.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Imperative + y + future = a threat: the command means its opposite (= don't you dare be late again). Conditions without si: como, en caso de que, a menos que, gerund, imperative →
- 2The subject tú before the imperative makes the challenge personal and confrontational. The extended conditional system: de + infinitive, hubiera and colloquial patterns →
- 3volver a + infinitive = to do again. verás = you'll see what happens. Verbal periphrases I: acabar de, empezar a, volver a, hay que →
Variantes
- Como vuelvas a llegar tarde, vas a ver.
- Si vuelves a llegar tarde, te vas a enterar.
- Vuelve a llegar tarde y ya verás.