Phrase · 📰 Reacting to news
No me extraña que esté cansada: trabaja doce horas al día.
No wonder she’s tired: she works twelve hours a day.
B1reacting to newsAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
No1adverbnotme1object pronounme1st sing. · indirect objectextraña1verbit surprisesextrañar · present · 3rd sing.que1conjunctionthatesté2verbshe isestar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.cansada2adjectivetiredcansado · fem. · sing.:trabajaverbshe workstrabajar · present · 3rd sing.docedeterminertwelvehorasnounhourshora · fem. · pl.al3prepositiona, per (a + el)día3noundaymasc. · sing..
- extraña → esté: no me extraña que → subjunctive
- esté → cansada: estar + adjective
- doce → horas: pl.
- al → día: al día = per day
Word for word: “It doesn’t surprise me that she is tired…”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1no me extraña que + subjunctive = no wonder… (it doesn’t surprise me). Subjunctive: emotions and reactions →
- 2esté cansada: estar for a state; the adjective agrees with her. Ser vs estar I: characteristics and states →
- 3al día = a day, per day.
Variations
- No me sorprende que esté cansada: trabaja doce horas al día.
- Con razón está cansada: trabaja doce horas al día.