Phrase · 🎬 Telling a story vividly
¿En serio? ¿Y tú qué le dijiste?
Seriously? And what did you say to him?
C1reacting to a storyinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¿Enprepositionin, on, atserio1adjectiveserious; (¿en serio?) seriously?masc. · sing.?¿Yconjunctionandtú2pronounyou2nd sing. · subjectquépronounwhatle3object pronounto him, to her, to youél · 3rd sing. · indirect objectdijisteverbyou saiddecir · past · 2nd sing.?
- tú → dijiste: subject
- le → dijiste: indirect object
- qué → dijiste: object
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿En serio? = really?: the listener reacts and keeps the story going.
- 2Stressed tú before qué puts the focus on the teller's part.
- 3le = to him / to her; dijiste is an irregular preterite. Indirect object pronouns and doubling →