フレーズ · 💥 Mishaps
Menos mal que llevaba paraguas, porque cayó un aguacero tremendo.
Good thing I had an umbrella with me, because there was a huge downpour.
B2mishaps音声・近日公開
それぞれの単語がその位置にある理由
Menos1副詞less (menos mal = good thing)mal1副詞badlyque1接続詞thatllevaba2動詞I had with me (lit. carried)llevar · 線過去 · 1人称 単数paraguas名詞umbrella男性,porque接続詞becausecayó2動詞fellcaer · 過去 · 3人称 単数un限定詞auno · 男性 · 単数 · 不定aguacero3名詞downpour男性 · 単数tremendo形容詞huge, tremendous男性 · 単数.
- llevaba → paraguas: obj
- aguacero → cayó: agree
- aguacero → un: agree
- aguacero → tremendo: agree
直訳： “Less bad that I was carrying an umbrella, because a tremendous downpour fell.”
この形になる理由
注の番号は上の番号に対応しています。
- 1Menos mal que + indicative = good thing, luckily. It expresses relief at a mishap avoided.
- 2llevaba (imperfect) is the background, what I had on me; cayó (preterite) is the event. Preterite vs imperfect in narration →
- 3aguacero = a sudden heavy shower, a common word across Latin America and the Caribbean.
言い換え表現
- Menos mal que traía paraguas, porque cayó un aguacero tremendo.