Incluso sabiendo que siempre va a querer más...

Question

Hola foreros

Estaba viendo y escuchando un vídeo y me gustaba mucho, por eso quiero dejar un comentario en español. Se trata de un ejemplo magistral de tango.

Por favor, ¿Me podéis dar tus opiniones y correcciones?

Aquí tenéis mi intento..

¿Quién no se enamora de un violinista tan brillante? ....incluso sabiendo que siempre va a querer más el violín que a ti...

(Who wouldn't fall in love with such a brilliant violinist? Even knowing that he will always love the violin more than you...)

Os agradezco mucho vuestra ayuda.

PD ¿Se nota lo mucho que me afecta la música?

Answer 1

...incluso sabiendo que siempre va a querer más el violín que a ti...

....incluso sabiendo que siempre [él] va a querer más el violín que tú [vas a quererlo]...

If we had the rest of the sentence and discovered that (knowing that ... ) was the noun phrase subject of the sentence you might need saber rather than sabiendo. The gerundio in Spanish is used as an adverb; the infinitive as a noun.

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Os agradezco mucho vuestra ayuda.

• Agradezco tu ayuda -> I am grateful for your help
• Se lo agradezco -> I am grateful to you

Agradezco mucho vuestra ayuda seems to be an alternate possibily.

Would you translate yours as "I am very grateful to you for your help"? It just struck me as more wordy than usual, not as incorrect.

Nope. It's the gerundio. The whole thing (starting with "incluso") is an adverbial phrase modifying "enamorar" in the first part of the sentence. The English should be punctuated as a single sentence. - samdie, Jul 9, 2011

That is why I said we need to see the entire sentences without the ellipses. The way she punctuated the English sentence may make the Spanish sentence incorrect. - 0074b507, Jul 9, 2011

Thanks Q, yes I also wondered that - I did sneaky Googling and found the gerund used, although of course I don't trust it 100%! - galsally, Jul 10, 2011

Answer 2

¿Quién no se enamora de un violinista tan brillante? ....incluso sabiendo que siempre va a querer más el violín que a ti.

Thy Spanish syntax can be best reflected by "Who, even knowing that he will always love the violin more than (he does) you, would not fall in love with such a brilliant violinist?"

Of course, in English, the participial phrase is used as an adjective (modifying "who") rather than as an adverb (as it is in Spanish). Bear in mind, that Spanish does not require that the question mark be delayed until the end of the sentence.

The suspension points in the middle of the sentence are fine but I believe those at the end to be a mistake (since, without them, the whole forms a complete sentence).

Great points Sam, thank you. It hurts my head to go deep into grammar so I'm mainly copying what I've heard and read, I suppose! - galsally, Jul 10, 2011

I feel, however, that somehow for me, to change my English sentence will change the feel of it for me. I probably overuse suspension points, 'tis true, as I do the same with exclamation marks. ;) - galsally, Jul 10, 2011

and emotes. - galsally, Jul 10, 2011