Phrase · 🎙️ Managing the conversation
Por cierto, el otro día me encontré con tu hermano en el súper.
By the way, I ran into your brother at the supermarket the other day.
B2managing conversationinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Por1prepositionbycierto1adjectivethe way (lit. certain)masc. · sing.,eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteotrodeterminerothermasc. · sing.díanoundaymasc. · sing.me2object pronoun(myself)yo · 1st sing. · direct objectencontré2verbI ran intoencontrar · past · 1st sing.con2prepositionwithtudetermineryour2nd sing.hermanonounbrothermasc. · sing.enprepositionateldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitesúper3nounsupermarketmasc. · sing..
- encontré → me: agree
- encontré → con: prep
- día → otro: agree
- hermano → tu: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Por cierto = by the way: it opens a side topic. It never means “certainly” (that is por supuesto). Discourse markers B2: contrast, digression and reformulation →
- 2encontrarse con someone = to run into them by chance. Without se, encontrar = to find. Verbs with prepositions →
- 3el súper: short for supermercado, informal and very common.