Phrase · 🕊️ Empathy and condolences
Lo importante ahora es que te recuperes.
What matters now is that you get better.
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Why every word is where it is
Lo1determinerthe (neuter)el · definiteimportanteadjectiveimportantsing.ahoraadverbnowesverbisser · present · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatte3pronounyou, to you, yourselftú · 2nd sing.recuperes2verbyou recover (subj.)recuperarse · subjunctive · present · 2nd sing..
- Lo → importante: lo + adjective
- es → recuperes: es que + subjunctive
- te → recuperes: pronominal verb
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1lo + adjective = the … thing: lo importante = what matters. Neuter lo: lo + adjective, lo de, lo … que →
- 2After lo importante es que, the subjunctive: a goal, not a fact. Subjunctive: value judgements and impersonal expressions →
- 3recuperarse = to recover, get better: a pronominal verb.