Me + voy o Voy + (inf + me)

Question

Quería decir: "You are going to tell me what happened."

¿Yo diría como "Me vas a decir..." o "Vas a decirme..."?

¡Te felicitaré!

Welcome to SpanishDict, Jibran. "_ - rac1, Jun 15, 2017

Answer 1

Hello Jibran,

Welcome to our Spanishdict community forum

You asked:

Quería decir: "You are going to tell me what happened." ¿Yo diría como "Me vas a decir..." o "Vas a decirme..."?¡Te felicitaré!

Well, the beauty of Spanish is that there are usually many ways to express the same idea!

You can use either option, as they are both correct, but with experience you will probably observe that native Spanish speakers usually prefer to place the direct object pronoun (D.O.P) before the verb rather than adding it to the infinitive, as shown below:

Me vas a decir ....lo que ha pasado (lo que ocurrió)

Non natives who are less advanced in their Spanish usually attach it to the infinitive form of the verb as this is much easier to remember /do:

Vas a decirME... lo que pasó (o lo que sucedió)

I hope this helps

Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor

Your answer is great. Thanks for your time and effort to provide quality content. Both expressions are correct and in fact interchangeable. - Raff75, Jun 18, 2017

Answer 2

Las dos frases son correctas.