Phrase · 😏 Irony and understatement
¡Qué bonito! Y a mí nadie me avisa.
Oh, lovely! And nobody tells me anything.
C2ironic reproachcolloquialAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¡Quédeterminerhowbonito1adjectivenice (ironic)masc. · sing.!Yconjunctionanda2prepositiontomí2pronounmeyo · 1st sing.nadie3pronounnobodyme2object pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectavisaverbtells, warnsavisar · present · 3rd sing..
- Qué → bonito: qué + adjective: exclamation
- mí → me: a mí doubles me
- nadie → avisa: nadie → 3rd sg. verb, no "no"
Word for word: “How nice! And to me nobody warns me.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Ironic ¡Qué bonito! = how nice!, meaning the opposite: a reproach. The tone does the work. Advanced emphatic and exclamative structures →
- 2a mí … me: the tonic pronoun doubles me for contrast (and me, nobody tells). The me cannot be dropped. Indirect object pronouns and doubling →
- 3nadie before the verb needs no no: nadie me avisa = no me avisa nadie. Indefinites and double negation →
Variations
- ¡Qué lindo! Y a mí nadie me avisa.
- ¡Muy bonito! Y a mí nadie me dice nada.
- ¡Qué bonito! Y a mí, ni una palabra.