Phrase · 🎙️ Managing the conversation
Bueno, sigo con lo que te estaba contando.
Okay, let me get back to what I was telling you.
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Why every word is where it is
Bueno1interjectionwell, okay,sigo2verbI go onseguir · present · 1st sing.con2prepositionwithlo3determinerwhat (the thing)el · masc. · sing. · definiteque3pronounthatteobject pronoun(to) youtú · 2nd sing. · indirect objectestaba4verbI wasestar · imperfect · 1st sing.contando4verbtellingcontar · gerund.
- sigo → con: prep
- contando → te: iobj
- contando → que: obj
Word for word: “Well, I continue with what I was telling you.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Bueno at the start of a turn = well, okay: it signals you are taking the floor again or changing direction.
- 2seguir con = to carry on with. Stem change e → i: sigo, sigues. Verbs with prepositions →
- 3lo que = what, the thing that. Relative clauses I: que, quien, donde, lo que →
- 4estaba contando: past progressive, a story that was still going when it got interrupted. Narrative past system: pluperfect, past progressive, iba a →