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Hablemos con calma: gritando no vamos a arreglar nada.
Let's talk calmly: shouting won't fix anything.
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Why every word is where it is
Hablemos1verblet's talkhablar · subjunctive · present · 1st pl.con1prepositionwithcalma1nouncalmfem. · sing.:gritando2verbby shoutinggritar · gerundno3adverbnotvamosverbare goingir · present · 1st pl.apreposition(to)arreglar3verbfix, sort outinfinitivenada3pronounanything.
- Hablemos → calma: hablar con calma
- gritando → arreglar: gerund as condition
- no → nada: no … nada
- vamos → arreglar: ir a + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Hablemos con calma: nosotros imperative + con + noun, which Spanish often prefers to an adverb in -mente. Affirmative imperative →
- 2Conditional gerund: gritando = if we shout, by shouting. It expresses the condition without si. Conditions without si: como, en caso de que, a menos que, gerund, imperative →
- 3no … nada = nothing at all; arreglar = to sort out, fix (a problem). Indefinites and double negation →
Variations
- Hablemos con calma, que gritando no se arregla nada.
- Vamos a hablarlo con calma: así no arreglamos nada.
- Tranquilos: gritando no vamos a solucionar nada.