Breakdown of Siempre me acuerdo de esa hermosa relación.
siempre
always
esa
that (feminine)
hermoso
beautiful (handsome, lovely)
acordarse de
to remember
la relación
the relationship
Questions & Answers about Siempre me acuerdo de esa hermosa relación.
Why do we need the word de here? In English we just say 'I remember that relationship.'
In Spanish, the verb acordarse (to remember) is almost always followed by the preposition de. It works like a package deal: acordarse de means 'to remember [something]'. If you leave out de, the sentence sounds grammatically incomplete to a Spanish speaker.
Why does it say me acuerdo instead of just acuerdo?
The verb for 'to remember' here is acordarse. Because it is a reflexive verb, you must use the pronoun me when talking about yourself. Also, notice that this verb has a stem change: the 'o' in acordarse changes to 'ue' when we conjugate it for the present tense, giving us me acuerdo.
I learned that adjectives usually come after the noun. Why is it hermosa relación instead of relación hermosa?
You are right that adjectives usually come after the noun to describe a distinguishing fact (like a red shirt vs. a blue shirt). However, when an adjective expresses an emotional quality, an opinion, or highlights a characteristic the speaker wants to emphasize, it often goes before the noun. Putting hermosa first makes the sentence feel more emotional and highlights how beautiful the relationship was.
Why use esa here instead of esta?
Esa means 'that', while esta means 'this'. The speaker is talking about a relationship from the past, so they use esa (that) to show distance in time. Because relación is a feminine word, we use the feminine esa instead of the masculine ese.
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