Phrase · 📢 Reporting news and promises
Me contaron que Lucía consiguió una beca para hacer una maestría en Buenos Aires.
I heard Lucía got a scholarship to do a master's in Buenos Aires.
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Why every word is where it is
Meobject pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectcontaron1verbthey toldcontar · past · 3rd pl.queconjunctionthatLucíanounLucíaconsiguió2verbgotconseguir · past · 3rd sing.unadeterminerauno · fem. · sing. · indefinitebeca3nounscholarshipfem. · sing.paraprepositionto, in order tohacerverbdoinfinitiveunadeterminerauno · fem. · sing. · indefinitemaestría3nounmaster's degreefem. · sing.enprepositioninBuenosnounBuenos (Aires)Buenos AiresAiresnoun(Buenos) AiresBuenos Aires.
- contaron → consiguió: tense
- Lucía → consiguió: agree
- consiguió → beca: obj
- beca → una: agree
Word for word: “They told me that Lucía got a scholarship to do a master's in Buenos Aires.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Me contaron que… = I heard (lit. they told me): impersonal plural for news that reaches you through others. Impersonal and passive se; reciprocal se →
- 2consiguió: preterite of conseguir, with e → i in the third person (consiguió, consiguieron). Preterite II: irregular stems and -ir stem changes →
- 3beca = scholarship; maestría = master's degree in Latin America (Spain: máster).