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Me pasé dos horas esperando y al final no vino nadie.
I spent two hours waiting and in the end nobody came.
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Why every word is where it is
Mepronounme, to me, myselfyo · 1st sing.pasé1verb(me pasé) I spentpasar · past · 1st sing.dosdeterminertwohorasnounhourshora · fem. · pl.esperandoverbwaitingesperar · gerundyconjunctionandalprepositionto theafinalnounendmasc. · sing.noadverbnot, novino2verbcamevenir · past · 3rd sing.nadie3pronounnobody.
- pasé → esperando: pasarse + gerund
- vino → nadie: inverted subject
- no → nadie: double negation
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1pasarse + time + gerund = to spend (time) doing; me stresses how long it felt. Verbal periphrases III →
- 2Irregular preterite of venir; the subject nadie follows the verb. Preterite II: irregular stems and -ir stem changes →
- 3After the verb, nadie needs no before it: double negation. Indefinites and double negation →