Phrase · 😏 Irony and understatement
Ya decía yo que tanta amabilidad era sospechosa.
I knew all that niceness was suspicious.
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Ya1adverbeI knew it (lit. already)decía1verbewas sayingdecir · imparfait · 1re pers. sing.yo1pronomI1re pers. sing. · sujetqueconjonctionthattanta2déterminantso muchtanto · fém. · sing.amabilidad2nomniceness, kindnessfém. · sing.era3verbewasser · imparfait · 3e pers. sing.sospechosa3adjectifsuspicioussospechoso · fém. · sing..
- Ya → yo: ya decía yo: I suspected it
- tanta → amabilidad: tanta agrees with amabilidad
- sospechosa → amabilidad: sospechosa agrees with amabilidad (f. sg.)
- decía → que: decir que + indicative
Mot à mot : “Already I was saying that so much kindness was suspicious.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Ya decía yo = I knew it, I suspected as much: the imperfect of decir, with yo after the verb, confirms a suspicion. Modal and stylistic uses of tenses →
- 2tanto/a + noun = so much…; tanta amabilidad = all that niceness (ironic). Advanced emphatic and exclamative structures →
- 3Imperfect era in reported thought, agreeing with amabilidad: sospechosa. Reported speech I and indirect questions →
Variantes
- Ya me parecía a mí que tanta amabilidad era sospechosa.
- Ya sabía yo que tanta amabilidad no era normal.
- Con razón tanta amabilidad.