Phrase · 🎚️ Nuancing an opinion
No es que no me guste; es que no me convence del todo.
It's not that I don't like it; it's that I'm not entirely convinced.
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Why every word is where it is
Noadverbnot, noesverbisser · present · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatnoadverbnot, nomepronounme, to me, myselfyo · 1st sing.guste1verbplease (subj.); (no me guste) I don't likegustar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.;esverbisser · present · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatnoadverbnot, nomepronounme, to me, myselfyo · 1st sing.convence2verbconvincesconvencer · present · 3rd sing.del3prepositionof the, from thedetodopronoun(del todo) completelymasc. · sing..
- es → guste: no es que + subjunctive
- es → convence: es que + indicative
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1No es que rejects a reason → present subjunctive guste. Mood alternation I: meaning changes and negation →
- 2The real reason after es que stays indicative: convence. Mood alternation I: meaning changes and negation →
- 3del todo = entirely; no … del todo softens the criticism.