Phrase · 📈 Describing change
Ya no es la misma persona que conocí en la escuela.
He's not the same person I met at school any more.
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Why every word is where it is
Ya1adverbno longerno1adverbnotesverbhe isser · present · 3rd sing.ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitemismaadjectivesamemismo · fem. · sing.personanounpersonfem. · sing.quepronounthat, whomconocí2verbI metconocer · past · 1st sing.enprepositionatladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteescuelanounschoolfem. · sing..
- persona → la: agree
- persona → misma: agree
- que → persona: ref
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1ya no es = he is no longer: the person has changed. The order is always ya no + verb.
- 2conocí: in the preterite, conocer means to meet someone for the first time. Preterite vs imperfect in narration →