Phrase · 🎭 Feelings with nuance
Me da igual que llueva; vamos a ir a la playa de todos modos.
I don't care if it rains; we're going to the beach anyway.
B2expressing feelingsinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Meobject pronoun(to) meyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectda1verbgivesdar · present · 3rd sing.igual1adjectivethe samesing.queconjunctionthatllueva1verbit rainsllover · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.;vamosverbwe are goingir · present · 1st pl.aprepositiontoirverbgoinfinitiveaprepositiontoladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteplayanounbeachfem. · sing.de2prepositionin (any case)todos2determineralltodo · masc. · pl.modos2nounwaysmodo · masc. · pl..
- igual → llueva: mood
- da → Me: iobj
- vamos → a: prep
- playa → la: agree
Word for word: “It gives me the same that it rains; we are going to go to the beach in all ways.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Me da igual que + subjunctive = I don’t care whether. Portuguese says se chover; Spanish says que llueva. Subjunctive: emotions and reactions →
- 2de todos modos = anyway, in any case. Also de todas formas. Discourse markers B2: contrast, digression and reformulation →