Phrase · 🔁 Reformulating and summarising
Para que nos entendamos, es como pagar dos veces por lo mismo.
To put it simply, it's like paying twice for the same thing.
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Why every word is where it is
Paraprepositionfor, to, in order toqueconjunctionthatnospronounus, to us, ourselvesnosotros · 1st pl.entendamos1verbwe understand (subj.)entender · subjunctive · present · 1st pl.,esverbisser · present · 3rd sing.como2conjunctionas, like; since; if (with subjunctive)pagarverbto payinfinitivedosdeterminertwovecesnountimesvez · fem. · pl.porprepositionfor, by, through, because oflo3determinerthe (neuter)el · definitemismoadjectivesamemasc. · sing..
- Para → entendamos: para que + subjunctive
- lo → mismo: lo + adjective
Word for word: “So that we understand each other, it is like paying twice for the same thing.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1para que nos entendamos = to put it simply: announces a plainer rewording; para que + subjunctive. Purpose: para + infinitive vs para que + subjunctive →
- 2es como + infinitive: a comparison that makes the idea concrete.
- 3lo mismo = the same thing. Neuter lo: lo + adjective, lo de, lo … que →