Questions & Answers about De verdad me preocupa mi salud.
Why is it me preocupa and not yo preocupo?
Because preocupar works like gustar in this kind of sentence.
In De verdad me preocupa mi salud, the thing that causes the worry is mi salud. So grammatically:
- mi salud = the subject
- me = to me
- preocupa = worries
A very literal breakdown is:
- Mi salud me preocupa = My health worries me
English usually says I’m worried about my health, but Spanish often expresses it as My health worries me.
So yo preocupo would mean I worry (someone/something), which is a different structure.
What exactly does me mean here?
Me is an indirect object pronoun here, meaning to me.
So:
- me preocupa = it worries me
- te preocupa = it worries you
- le preocupa = it worries him/her/you (formal)
In this sentence:
- De verdad me preocupa mi salud
= My health really worries me
= I’m really worried about my health
Even though English does not say to me here, Spanish does.
Why is it preocupa and not preocupan?