Phrase · 🗺️ Regional colloquial Spanish
Dale, vení, que ya empieza el partido.
Come on, get over here, the match is starting.
C2hurrying someoneinformalvoseoAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Dale1verbcome on (lit. give it)dar · imperative · 2nd sing.,vení2verbcome (voseo)venir · imperative · 2nd sing.,que3conjunctionbecauseyaadverbnow, alreadyempiezaverbis startingempezar · present · 3rd sing.eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitepartidonounmatch, gamemasc. · sing..
- Dale → vení: two imperatives: hurry up
- que → empieza: que + clause: the reason
- empieza → partido: el partido: subject after the verb
Word for word: “Give it, come, that already starts the match.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¡Dale! here = come on, hurry up. In Argentina and Uruguay it also means OK; Mexico would say ¡Ándale! Lexicalised imperatives and pragmatic particles →
- 2vení = voseo imperative of venir (tú: ven): the infinitive minus -r, stressed at the end: vení, tomá, comé. Voseo: forms and recognition →
- 3Colloquial que + clause gives the reason for the order: hurry, because it's starting.
Variations
- Dale, vení, que ya arranca el partido.
- Venga, ven, que ya empieza el partido.
- Ándale, ven, que ya empieza el partido.