Phrase · 🔦 Emphasising and focusing
Si algo he aprendido es que nada es para siempre.
If there's one thing I've learned, it's that nothing lasts forever.
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Why every word is where it is
Si1conjunctionif, whetheralgopronounsomethinghe2verbhave (auxiliary)haber · present · 1st sing.aprendidoverblearnedaprender · participle · masc. · sing.esverbisser · present · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatnadapronounnothingesverbisser · present · 3rd sing.paraprepositionfor, to, in order tosiempreadverbalways.
- Si → es: si algo … es
- he → aprendido: present perfect
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Si algo … es que builds up to the one point that matters. Emphasis and information structure: clefts and lo … que →
- 2Present perfect for life experience: he aprendido. Present perfect: forms and experiential uses →