Phrase · 🎭 Feelings with nuance
Me hace mucha ilusión que vengas a la boda.
I'm really excited that you're coming to the wedding.
B2expressing feelingses-ESAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Meobject pronoun(to) meyo · 1st sing. · indirect objecthace1verbmakeshacer · present · 3rd sing.mucha1determinera lot ofmucho · fem. · sing.ilusión1nounexcitement, joyfem. · sing.queconjunctionthatvengas2verbyou comevenir · subjunctive · present · 2nd sing.aprepositiontoladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteboda3nounweddingfem. · sing..
- hace → vengas: mood
- hace → Me: iobj
- ilusión → mucha: agree
- boda → la: agree
Word for word: “It gives me a lot of excitement that you come to the wedding.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Me hace ilusión (Spain) = I’m excited about it, it means a lot to me. Latin America says me emociona. Not illusion! Subjunctive: emotions and reactions →
- 2An emotion takes que + present subjunctive: vengas. Subjunctive: emotions and reactions →
- 3boda = wedding (the celebration).
Variations
- Me emociona mucho que vengas a la boda.
- Me da mucha alegría que vengas a la boda.