Phrase · 🗺️ Regional colloquial Spanish
Ahorita llega la guagua, no te desesperes.
The bus will be here any minute, don't lose patience.
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Why every word is where it is
Ahorita2adverbany minutellegaverbarrivesllegar · present · 3rd sing.ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteguagua1nounbus (Caribbean, Canaries)fem. · sing.,no3adverbdon'tte3pronoun(yourself)tú · 2nddesesperes3verblose patiencedesesperar · subjunctive · present · 2nd sing..
- llega → guagua: la guagua: subject after the verb
- no → desesperes: no + subjunctive: negative imperative
- te → desesperes: te desesperes: desesperarse
Word for word: “Right now arrives the bus, don't despair.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1la guagua = the bus in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Canary Islands. In Chile and the Andes a guagua is a baby!
- 2ahorita = in a moment; in the Caribbean, as in Mexico, it can stretch to "some time later". Word formation: diminutives, augmentatives, prefixes and -mente →
- 3Negative imperative = present subjunctive, pronoun first: no te desesperes (affirmative: cálmate). Negative imperative and imperative with pronouns →
Variations
- Ahorita viene la guagua, ten paciencia.
- Ahorita llega el autobús, no te desesperes.
- La guagua ya viene, tranquilo.