Phrase · 🗺️ Regional colloquial Spanish
¿Viste? Te dije que iba a llover.
See? I told you it was going to rain.
C2saying "I told you so"familieres-ARAudio · bientôt disponible
Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
¿Viste1verbesee? (lit. you saw)ver · passé · 2e pers. sing.?Tepronom complémentyoutú · 2e pers. sing. · COIdije2verbeI tolddecir · passé · 1re pers. sing.queconjonctionthatiba3verbeit was goingir · imparfait · 3e pers. sing.a3prépositiontolloververberaininfinitif.
- Te → dije: te: to you
- dije → que: decir que + clause
- iba → llover: iba a + infinitive: future in the past
Mot à mot : “Did you see? I told you that it was going to rain.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1¿Viste? = see? / you know? A tag heard constantly in Argentina and Uruguay. The preterite form is the same for tú and vos.
- 2dije: irregular preterite of decir, no written accent. Preterite II: irregular stems and -ir stem changes →
- 3iba a + infinitive = was going to: the future seen from the past, typical of reported speech. Narrative past system: pluperfect, past progressive, iba a →
Variantes
- ¿Ves? Te dije que iba a llover.
- ¿Viste? Te lo dije.
- ¿Viste que iba a llover?