Phrase · 📜 Proverbs in conversation
No te rindas con las audiciones: el que la sigue la consigue.
Don't give up on the auditions: if you keep at it, you'll get there.
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Why every word is where it is
No4adverbdon'tte4pronoun(yourself)tú · 2ndrindas4verbgive uprendirse · subjunctive · present · 2nd sing.conprepositionwithlasdeterminertheel · fem. · pl. · definiteaudicionesnounauditionsaudición · fem. · pl.:el2determinerthe onemasc. · sing. · definiteque2pronounwhola3object pronounit (unnamed)ella · 3rd sing. · direct objectsigue1verbkeeps atseguir · present · 3rd sing.la3object pronounitella · 3rd sing. · direct objectconsigue1verbgetsconseguir · present · 3rd sing..
- el → consigue: frozen proverb
- el → que: el que: whoever
- la → la: la … la: the same unnamed goal
- No → rindas: no + subjunctive: negative imperative
Word for word: “Don't give up with the auditions: whoever keeps following it gets it.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1El que la sigue la consigue = if you keep at it, you'll get there. The rhyme sigue / consigue makes it catchy.
- 2Natural, encouraging and very common in Latin America. el que = whoever (also quien). Relative clauses II: mood and prepositions →
- 3la has no antecedent: a lexicalised "it" (the goal), as in arreglárselas. Advanced clitic phenomena →
- 4rendirse = to give up; negative imperative no te rindas (e → i). Negative imperative and imperative with pronouns →
Variations
- No te rindas con las audiciones: el que persevera alcanza.
- No te rindas con las audiciones: quien la sigue la consigue.
- Sigue intentándolo con las audiciones: el que la sigue la consigue.