Phrase · ⚖️ Agreeing and disagreeing with nuance
Depende de cómo lo mires: para unos es un avance y para otros, un retroceso.
It depends on how you look at it: for some it's progress, and for others, a step backwards.
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Why every word is where it is
Depende1verbit dependsdepender · present · 3rd sing.de1prepositionofcómo2adverbhowloobject pronounitél · 3rd sing. · direct objectmires2verbyou look atmirar · subjunctive · present · 2nd sing.:paraprepositionforunospronounsome (people)uno · masc. · pl.esverbit isser · present · 3rd sing.undeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefiniteavancenounstep forwardmasc. · sing.yconjunctionandparaprepositionforotrospronounothersotro · masc. · pl.,undeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefiniteretrocesonounstep backwardsmasc. · sing..
- Depende → de: prep
- mires → lo: obj
- avance → un: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1depender de = to depend on: always with de, also before cómo or si. Verbs with prepositions →
- 2cómo lo mires: subjunctive, because it means however you may look at it. Present subjunctive: forms →
Variations
- Depende de cómo lo veas: para unos es un avance y para otros, un retroceso.