Understanding a sentence
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And what about what I want? ¿Y qué hay de lo que yo quiero?
I don't understand why we are replacing "sobre" for "hay de lo"
To me it sounds like "...and what is there of it that I want?" How would you make sense of that?
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updated Dec 15, 2012
edited by francobollo
posted by kyle_hurley
Hi. I took the liberty of editing your heading since we also have English learners on here. Thanks! - francobollo, Dec 13, 2012
2 Answers
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¿ Y qué hay del regalo que quiero ? ----------¿ Y qué hay de lo que quiero ?
lo reemplaza a regalo
nota: In the translate = hay de = hay acerca de
updated Dec 15, 2012
posted by Aprendiendo123
Nice :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 13, 2012
Yes, very nice explanation, Aprendiendo. - francobollo, Dec 13, 2012
Thanks - Aprendiendo123, Dec 15, 2012
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How about can be translated as:
¿Y que hay de...? --- ¿Y qué hay de lo que yo quiero? (Your choice)
¿Y qué pasa con...? -- ¿Y qué pasa con lo que yo quiero?
or simply...
¿Y lo que yo quiero?
These are idioms, so back-translating them into English will create confusion.
I hope this helps!
updated Dec 13, 2012
posted by francobollo
:) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 13, 2012
