Phrase · 🙄 Colloquial reactions
¡Ojo, que el piso está mojado!
Careful, the floor's wet!
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Why every word is where it is
¡Ojo1nouncareful (lit. eye)masc. · sing.,queconjunction(because)eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitepiso2nounfloormasc. · sing.está3verbisestar · present · 3rd sing.mojado3adjectivewetmasc. · sing.!
- que → está: que + reason
- mojado → piso: mojado agrees with piso
- está → mojado: estar + adjective: state
Word for word: “Eye, for the floor is wet!”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¡Ojo! = careful!, watch out! (all varieties). Ojo con… + danger. Lexicalised imperatives and pragmatic particles →
- 2el piso = floor in Latin America; Spain says el suelo (and el piso = flat).
- 3estar + adjective for a temporary state: está mojado. Ser vs estar I: characteristics and states →
Variations
- ¡Cuidado, que el piso está mojado!
- ¡Aguas, que el piso está mojado!
- ¡Ojo, que el suelo está mojado!