Phrase · 🤨 Expressing reservations
¿Y quién me garantiza que no vuelva a ocurrir?
And who's to say it won't happen again?
C1challenging a reassuranceAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¿Yconjunctionandquiénpronounwhosing.mepronounme, to me, myselfyo · 1st sing.garantizaverbguaranteesgarantizar · present · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatnoadverbnot, novuelva1verbreturns; (vuelva a + inf.) happens again (subj.)volver · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.aprepositionto, atocurrir2verbto happeninfinitive?
- garantiza → vuelva: rhetorical doubt → subjunctive
- vuelva → ocurrir: volver a + infinitive
- me → garantiza: indirect object
Word for word: “And who guarantees me that it will not happen again?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1The rhetorical question means "nobody can guarantee", so the subjunctive is natural. Mood alternation I: meaning changes and negation →
- 2volver a + infinitive = (to happen) again. Verbal periphrases I: acabar de, empezar a, volver a, hay que →