Breakdown of Con el tiempo, me siento más seguro cuando hablo en español.
Questions & Answers about Con el tiempo, me siento más seguro cuando hablo en español.
Yes, literally it is with the time, but as an expression it means over time, as time goes by, or in time.
In Spanish, con el tiempo is a very common fixed phrase:
So in your sentence, it sets the time frame: this is something that happens gradually.
Because sentirse means to feel in the sense of to feel oneself / to feel a certain way.
- siento = I feel something
- Siento frío = I feel cold
- Siento miedo = I feel fear
- me siento = I feel
- adjective/state
- Me siento cansado = I feel tired
- Me siento seguro = I feel confident / I feel sure of myself
- adjective/state
So here, me is necessary because the structure is sentirse + adjective.