Phrase · 🧾 Complaints and claims
No es la primera vez que me cobran de más en este supermercado.
It's not the first time they've overcharged me at this supermarket.
B2complainingAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Noadverbnotesverbisser · present · 3rd sing.ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteprimera1adjectivefirstprimero · fem. · sing.vez1nountimefem. · sing.queconjunctionthatmeobject pronoun(to) meyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectcobran2verbthey chargecobrar · present · 3rd pl.de2preposition(too much)más2adverbmore (de más = too much)enprepositioninestedeterminerthismasc. · sing.supermercadonounsupermarketmasc. · sing..
- vez → primera: agree
- vez → la: agree
- cobran → me: iobj
- supermercado → este: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1No es la primera vez que + present = this has happened before: a typical opening for a complaint.
- 2cobrar de más = to overcharge; the impersonal they (cobran) leaves out who did it.
Variations
- Ya van varias veces que me cobran de más en este supermercado.