Phrase · 📜 Narrating past events
¡Menos mal que no te pasó nada!
Thank goodness nothing happened to you!
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Why every word is where it is
¡Menos1adverblessmal1adverbbadque1conjunctionthatno2adverbnotte3object pronounto you2nd sing. · indirect objectpasó3verbhappenedpasar · past · 3rd sing.nada2pronounnothing!
- Menos → mal: menos mal (fixed)
- que → pasó: menos mal que + indicative
- no → nada: no … nada
- te → pasó: te → pasó
Word for word: “Less bad that nothing happened to you!”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1menos mal que = thank goodness, luckily; it takes the indicative (pasó).
- 2no … nada: double negation is required when nada follows the verb. Indefinites and double negation →
- 3te pasó: pasar + indirect object = to happen to someone. Indirect object pronouns and doubling →
Variations
- ¡Menos mal que no le pasó nada!
- ¡Menos mal que estás bien!