Despídeme de él. Qué me despide de él.

Question

Radar says "Despídeme de él" and Henry says "¿Eh?" and Radar says "Qué me despide de él". What exactly is meant by "Qué me despide de él"? Say bye to him for me. Eh? Tell him I said bye. But why is the Qué there? I'm not sure about it. Gracias.

Answer 1

I have heard these words expressed with frustration: ¡Que no te enteras! I'm not getting through to you!

Answer 2

Hi jeezle...

I might not know all the ins and outs, but here goes:

"Despídeme de él." = "Tell him goodbye for me."

"Qué me despide de él" = "(I would like it) if you say goodbye to him for me"

Because (and I don't know the rule behind this) when "qué" precedes a command or request it conveys a wish for something to be so....

In other words....."I want (wish that) you to (would) tell him goodbye for me."

Does this make sense?

I think, que indicates that something is intended to come before (such as deseo que, espero que...... therefore indicating wish etc.... but I think it can also indicated demand like "I told you already" like "te digo que" which is an emphasizer - jeezzle, Jan 24, 2011

I know Laz once said something like that, but I can't remember exactly about the "demand thing". - jeezzle, Jan 24, 2011

Answer 3

Usually in Spanish, we emphasize the words (like in this case, when some of our friends did not understand our messages) using "Que". I will give you another example:

Lava los platos (wash the dishes) Henry...... says Radar Que? (What?) ......says Henry
Te digo que laves los platos! (wash the dishes!!!) ..............says Radar

Answer 4

I always thought that que was like, I told you once, now I'm telling you again.