Just a tid bit... teency weency... just a ticky tock widdy biddy bit confused about this sentence.

Question

"Eso no tiene nada que ver con lo que Inés te dijo antes."

"This has nothing to do with what Agnes told you before."

I see "That I don't have anything to see with what Agnes said to you before"

eh?????

It's a set phrase,kyle. - annierats, Jan 17, 2013

Answer 1

That has nothing to do with what Agnes told you before.

Tener is conjugated to Eso, not yo. Otherwise, it would be "Eso no tengo nada que ver...." which doesn't make any sense.

ahhh your right - kyle_hurley, Jan 17, 2013

Answer 2

Good answers by Brady,

The important thing to realize here is that ¨tener + que + ver con¨ (where ´tener´ is of course conjugated appropriately) is a fixed construct equivalent to our ¨to have to do with¨. .

¨Ver¨, in this case has nothing to do with ¨see¨.

¨Ver¨, en este caso, no tiene nada que ver con ¨see¨.

Just like ¨tiene que¨ = ¨he-she-it has to.

¨tiene que ver con¨ = ¨he-she-it has to do with¨ .

They just use ¨ver¨ instead of ¨do¨. .

(neither is particularly logical if you think about it, they´re just what each of our languages use).

Hope that helps.