Breakdown of Me molesta que no comas ni gluten ni lácteos.
no
no, not
comer
to eat
que
that / than
me
to me / me (direct object)
molestar
to bother
ni
nor / not even
el gluten
gluten
el lácteo
dairy
Questions & Answers about Me molesta que no comas ni gluten ni lácteos.
Why is there a no before comas when the sentence already says ni... ni (neither... nor)?
Why is it comas instead of comes?
The phrase Me molesta expresses an emotion. When you express an emotion about an action performed by a different subject, the second verb must be in the subjunctive mood. Because the first subject is 'it' and the second subject is 'you', the regular present tense comes changes to the subjunctive comas.
How does the verb molestar work in this sentence?
It works just like the verb gustar. The phrase Me molesta literally translates to 'It is bothering to me'. The subject doing the bothering is the entire second half of the sentence (the fact that you do not eat gluten or dairy). Because that whole idea acts as a single 'it', the verb is conjugated in the singular form molesta.
Why does the word lácteos have a written accent mark?
The vowels e and o are both strong vowels, so they split into two separate syllables, making the word lác-te-os. The spoken stress falls on the third-to-last syllable (lác). In Spanish, any word stressed on the third-to-last syllable is called an 'esdrújula' and must always have a written accent mark.
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