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Piensa en el que dirán


ROBINDESBOIS October 02, 2009 08:18 AM

Piensa en el que dirán
 
Don´t do that think of what people would sa y if you do that !
IS this the equivalent in English?

poli October 02, 2009 08:33 AM

look before you leap
you should think before you speak

AngelicaDeAlquezar October 02, 2009 01:39 PM

@Poli: this is rather a worry about the prejudices from other people, not about the consequences of what you do. :thinking:

A la chica millonaria le preocupa el qué diran, por eso no se casó con el muchacho pobre.
The millionaire girl is worried about gossip/what will be told about her, that's why she didn't marry the poor boy.

poli October 02, 2009 02:00 PM

Oh, OK Angela thanks for clearing that up. This is what I would say:

She's worried about what they'll say.
She worried that she may not be able to save face.

pjt33 October 02, 2009 02:36 PM

¿Por qué "el que dirán" y no "lo que dirán"?

ROBINDESBOIS October 02, 2009 02:37 PM

jajajJajAj,GOOD QUESTION

Tomisimo October 02, 2009 03:12 PM

I might say "what will people think of you?".

bobjenkins October 02, 2009 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomisimo (Post 54559)
I might say "what will people think of you?".

Pienso que "THink" es más común que "say" por eso lo dicho de Tomísimo es bueno:)

AngelicaDeAlquezar October 02, 2009 10:28 PM

@pjt: El artículo "el" con un verbo usado como sustantivo es una convención en español. :)

pjt33 October 03, 2009 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar (Post 54592)
@pjt: El artículo "el" con un verbo usado como sustantivo es una convención en español. :)

el + infinitivo conozco, pero "el que + indicativo" me parece anáfora, que distingue entre dos sustantivos anteriormente mencionado. Por eso me deja confuso.


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