Michael30000
March 08, 2025, 05:32 AM
Hello everyone,
After a failed stagecoach robbery attempt, the bandits arrive at the house where Lucero is staying. Chiclanero blames Juan Pablo for the incident and states that Juan Pablo “disparó para espantar los mulos y echarlo todo a perder.”
One of the bandits supports Juan Pablo and says:
"Pues yo le he visto luchar y dar muerto a un miquelete. No sé lo que habrá sido antes que hasta ahora no se obligó a nadie a contar su historia. Pero hoy, hoy es tán carne de horca como tú or como yo."
Does "no se obligó a nadie a contar su historia" mean "nobody was forced to tell his (his=Juan Pablo's) story"?
I must say the above interpretation makes little sense to me in the context.
In my opinion it should be something like "... because until now nobody forced him (Juan Pablo) to tell his story." - that makes more sense to me.
Another idea just occurred to me: Can it be a general statement meaning that until now no member of the gang was forced to tell his own story?
https://my.mail.ru/ok/571130741592/video/10/413.html
The scene in question starts at 52.10.
Thank you.
After a failed stagecoach robbery attempt, the bandits arrive at the house where Lucero is staying. Chiclanero blames Juan Pablo for the incident and states that Juan Pablo “disparó para espantar los mulos y echarlo todo a perder.”
One of the bandits supports Juan Pablo and says:
"Pues yo le he visto luchar y dar muerto a un miquelete. No sé lo que habrá sido antes que hasta ahora no se obligó a nadie a contar su historia. Pero hoy, hoy es tán carne de horca como tú or como yo."
Does "no se obligó a nadie a contar su historia" mean "nobody was forced to tell his (his=Juan Pablo's) story"?
I must say the above interpretation makes little sense to me in the context.
In my opinion it should be something like "... because until now nobody forced him (Juan Pablo) to tell his story." - that makes more sense to me.
Another idea just occurred to me: Can it be a general statement meaning that until now no member of the gang was forced to tell his own story?
https://my.mail.ru/ok/571130741592/video/10/413.html
The scene in question starts at 52.10.
Thank you.