Phrase · 🙄 Colloquial reactions
¡Dale que va! Yo llevo el postre.
OK, deal! I'll bring dessert.
C2agreeing to a plan (relaxed)colloquiales-ARAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¡Dale1verbOK (lit. give it)dar · imperative · 2nd sing.que1conjunction(for)va1verbit goesir · present · 3rd sing.!Yo2pronounI1st sing. · subjectllevo3verbI'll bring (lit. I take)llevar · present · 1st sing.eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitepostre3noundessertmasc. · sing..
- Dale → va: ¡Dale que va!: one formula
- Yo → llevo: yo agrees with llevo
- llevo → postre: llevar + what you bring
Word for word: “Give it, for it goes! I take the dessert.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¡Dale que va! (Argentina, Uruguay) = OK, let's go with that: an easy-going ¡Dale!, accepting without fuss. Lexicalised imperatives and pragmatic particles →
- 2Explicit yo = that part is on me, in contrast with the others.
- 3llevar = to take or bring something where you're going; the present makes the offer. El postre = dessert.
Variations
- ¡Dale! Yo llevo el postre.
- ¡Buenísimo! Yo me encargo del postre.
- ¡Sale! Yo llevo el postre.