Phrase · 🔁 Reformulating and summarising
Me refiero a que nadie nos consultó antes de decidirlo.
What I mean is that nobody consulted us before deciding.
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Why every word is where it is
Mepronounme, to me, myselfyo · 1st sing.refiero1verb(me refiero a) I meanreferirse · present · 1st sing.aprepositionto, atqueconjunctionthatnadiepronounnobodynospronounus, to us, ourselvesnosotros · 1st pl.consultó2verbconsultedconsultar · past · 3rd sing.antes3adverbbeforedeprepositionof, fromdecidirloverbto decide itdecidir · infinitive.
- Me → refiero: pronominal verb
- refiero → a: referirse a
- nos → consultó: object
- antes → decidirlo: antes de + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1referirse a que = to mean that; the a stays before que. Verbs with prepositions →
- 2Preterite: a single past event; nos is its direct object. Preterite I: regular verbs, ser/ir, dar, ver →
- 3antes de + infinitive when the subject is the same; lo attaches to it. Non-finite clauses: infinitive, gerund and participle constructions →