¡ No sabes lo que te perdiste!

Question

¿ No fuiste a la fiesta de la Noche Vieja?

No,pude, me invitaron a cenar unos amigos.

¿ No sabes lo que te perdiste! Fue muy interesante.

My question is, here we use perterse o perter?

It should be: No sabes "de" lo que te perdiste (The verb is perderse de algo) - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012

I'm sure I'm going to regret questioning your awesome knowledge, but ... are you sure Franco? jeje Can't you say No te perdiste nada - You didn't miss out on anything (with no de). Ok .. hit me, lol :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 30, 2012

No regrets. I did a bit more digging around and found that both forms are used. Sorry for the confusion - francobollo, Oct 1, 2012

all good, it's by reading comments and answers and going away to check and asking around a bit more that I end up with (hopefully) a better understanding of Spanish grammar - great stuff, thanks :) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 1, 2012

Answer 1

Perder = to lose

Perderse = to miss out on (as well as 'to get lost')

Así es amiga. ¡Estás cortando rabo y oreja! (Bullfight expression meaning you are as sharp as a knife!) - francobollo, Sep 30, 2012

jaja gracias :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 30, 2012

A medal will be sent, Kiwi. - annierats, Sep 30, 2012

Or the ear and the tail, you can't do better than that! - annierats, Sep 30, 2012

Answer 2

I believe Julian said.

You don't need the 'de' after 'que' and therefore it's correct to say "no sabes lo que perdiste" because the girl isn't lost or missed, but rather she missed out on something (event , opportunity etc, such as not having gone to a party). So one wouldn't use the 'de' in this case.

Answer 3

Si acaso de que la "de" no se usa, entonces es correcto decir "no sabes lo que perdiste" porque la chica no se quedó perdida, sino perdió algo (así como si fuera una oportunidad) por no haberse ido a la fiesta, pues la "te" en este caso no se debe de usar.

Thanks,can you explain in English please? My Spanish is poor. - zhmelissa, Oct 1, 2012

Rogspax has kindly translated. - annierats, Oct 1, 2012

Answer 4

Thanks for your answers,but what does it mean here in the sentence? ¡ No sabes lo que te perdiste! Fue muy interesante.

Here it's perderse, does it mean to lose herself? I don't think so.

It means. You don't know what you missed out on. It was very interesting - francobollo, Oct 1, 2012

Muchas gracias. - zhmelissa, Oct 1, 2012

Answer 5

This got posted in the incorrect section. I guess I'm having problems today. Lo siento.

Answer 6

A non literal translation would be,

You've no idea what you missed.