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Yo que tú, no le diría nada todavía.
If I were you, I wouldn't tell him anything yet.
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Why every word is where it is
Yo1pronounI1st sing. · subjectque1conjunction(as)tú1pronounyou2nd sing. · subject,no3adverbnotle3object pronounhimél · 3rd sing. · indirect objectdiría2verbI'd telldecir · conditional · 1st sing.nada3pronounanythingtodavíaadverbyet.
- Yo → tú: yo que tú: if I were you
- le → diría: le: the person not yet told
- no → nada: no … nada
Word for word: “I that you, I wouldn't tell him anything yet.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Yo que tú = if I were you: a frozen condition with no verb. Spain; the Río de la Plata says yo que vos, elsewhere yo en tu lugar. The extended conditional system: de + infinitive, hubiera and colloquial patterns →
- 2Conditional diría: advice framed as what I would do. Conditional: forms and uses →
- 3le = to him/her (the person not yet told); no … nada is the normal double negation. Indefinites and double negation →
Variations
- Yo en tu lugar, no le diría nada todavía.
- Si yo fuera tú, no le diría nada todavía.
- Yo que vos, no le diría nada todavía.