Phrase · 🎤 Debating and turn-taking
Volviendo a lo que decía, el problema de fondo sigue sin resolverse.
Getting back to what I was saying, the underlying problem is still unresolved.
C1returning to the pointAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Volviendo1verbgoing back; (volviendo a) getting back tovolver · gerundaprepositionto, atlodeterminerthe (neuter)el · definitequepronounthat, which, whodecíaverbI was sayingdecir · imperfect · 1st sing.,eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteproblemanounproblemmasc. · sing.deprepositionof, fromfondo2nounbottom; (de fondo) underlyingmasc. · sing.sigue3verbcontinues, is stillseguir · present · 3rd sing.sinprepositionwithoutresolverseverbto be resolvedresolver · infinitive.
- Volviendo → a: volver a
- sigue → problema: subject
- sigue → resolverse: seguir sin + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1A gerund clause: volviendo a lo que decía = getting back to what I was saying. Non-finite clauses: infinitive, gerund and participle constructions →
- 2de fondo = underlying, at the root of the issue.
- 3seguir sin + infinitive = to still not be done. Verbal periphrases III →