Phrase · 🥊 Countering arguments
Nadie niega que haya problemas, pero exagerarlos no ayuda.
Nobody denies there are problems, but exaggerating them doesn't help.
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Why every word is where it is
Nadiepronounnobodyniega1verbdeniesnegar · present · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthathaya2verbthere is, there are (subj.)haber · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.problemasnounproblemsproblema · masc. · pl.,peroconjunctionbutexagerarlos3verbto exaggerate themexagerar · infinitivenoadverbnot, noayudaverbhelpsayudar · present · 3rd sing..
- niega → haya: negar que + subjunctive
- exagerarlos → problemas: los = problemas
- ayuda → exagerarlos: subject
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1negar que takes the subjunctive; when negated (nadie niega), indicative hay is also possible and stresses the fact. Mood alternation I: meaning changes and negation →
- 2haya: present subjunctive of hay (there is / there are).
- 3An infinitive as subject; los refers back to problemas. Direct object pronouns and personal a →