Phrase · 🔦 Emphasising and focusing
Así es como se gana la confianza de la gente.
That's how you earn people's trust.
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Why every word is where it is
Asíadverblike this, soesverbisser · present · 3rd sing.como1adverbhow, the way (that)se2pronounhimself, herself, itself, themselves; (impersonal)3rdganaverbwins, earnsganar · present · 3rd sing.ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteconfianzanountrust, confidencefem. · sing.deprepositionof, fromladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitegente3nounpeoplefem. · sing..
- Así → como: así es como
- gana → confianza: passive se agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Manner in focus takes como: así es como. (así es que means "so".) Emphasis and information structure: clefts and lo … que →
- 2Impersonal se: "you", people in general. Impersonal and passive se; reciprocal se →
- 3la gente is singular: la confianza de la gente.