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Phrase · 🔦 Emphasising and focusing

Es por eso por lo que insisto tanto.

That's why I keep insisting.

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Why every word is where it is

Esverbisser · present · 3rd sing.porprepositionfor, by, through, because ofesopronounthatese · sing.por1prepositionfor, by, through, because oflodeterminerthe (neuter)el · definiteque2pronounthat, which, whoinsistoverbI insistinsistir · present · 1st sing.tantoadverbso much.
  • Es → eso: focus
  • por → por: preposition repeated

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    A cause in focus repeats por: es por eso por lo que (formal norm). Emphasis and information structure: clefts and lo … que →
  2. 2
    Es por eso que, like Portuguese é por isso que, is very common in Latin American speech.