Phrase · 🔦 Emphasising and focusing
¡No sabes lo difícil que fue convencerla!
You have no idea how hard it was to convince her!
C1emphasising a difficultyinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¡Noadverbnot, nosabesverbyou knowsaber · present · 2nd sing.lo1determinerthe (neuter)el · definitedifíciladjectivedifficult, hardsing.quepronounthat, which, whofueverbwasser · past · 3rd sing.convencerla2verbto convince herconvencer · infinitive!
- lo → difícil: lo + adjective
- fue → convencerla: subject
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1lo + adjective + que = how (difficult): an emphatic exclamation. Neuter lo: lo + adjective, lo de, lo … que →
- 2la attaches to the infinitive.