フレーズ · 🙇 Apologising and making excuses

No sé en qué estaba pensando.

I don’t know what I was thinking.

B1apologisingくだけた音声・近日公開

それぞれの単語がその位置にある理由

No副詞notsé1動詞I knowsaber · 現在 · 1人称単数en2前置詞about (of)qué1代名詞whatestaba3動詞I wasestar · 線過去 · 1人称単数pensando3動詞thinkingpensar · 現在分詞.

直訳： “I don’t know what I was thinking about.”

注の番号は上の番号に対応しています。

1
no sé qué…: an indirect question, so qué keeps its accent. Reported speech I and indirect questions →
2
pensar en = to think about: the en goes in front of qué. Verbs with prepositions →
3
estaba pensando: past progressive, what was going on in your head at that moment. Narrative past system: pluperfect, past progressive, iba a →