Phrase · 🕊️ Empathy and condolences
Entiendo que no quieras ver a nadie.
I understand that you don't want to see anyone.
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Why every word is where it is
EntiendoverbI understandentender · present · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatnoadverbnot, noquieras1verbyou want (subj.)querer · subjunctive · present · 2nd sing.ververbto seeinfinitivea2prepositionto, atnadie3pronounnobody.
- Entiendo → quieras: entender que + subjunctive
- quieras → ver: querer + infinitive
- no → nadie: double negation
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Here entender que means "find it understandable", not "realise", so it takes the subjunctive. Mood alternation I: meaning changes and negation →
- 2Personal a before a person: ver a nadie. Direct object pronouns and personal a →
- 3After no + verb, nadie keeps the sentence negative: double negation. Indefinites and double negation →