Breakdown of Me acuerdo de que la luna de miel fue un desastre, a pesar de que previmos todo.
ser
to be
un
a, an (masculine)
que
that / than
todo
all / everything
el desastre
disaster
acordarse de
to remember
a pesar de que
even though / despite the fact that (stronger concession)
prever
to foresee
la luna de miel
honeymoon
Questions & Answers about Me acuerdo de que la luna de miel fue un desastre, a pesar de que previmos todo.
Why is previmos in the indicative here instead of the subjunctive?
Because a pesar de que (even though) introduces a known, established fact in this sentence. The speakers actually did anticipate everything, so the indicative is required. If the sentence were hypothetical (like "Even if we had anticipated everything..."), you would use the subjunctive.
Why is there a de before que in Me acuerdo de que?
The pronominal verb acordarse requires the preposition de (literally, to remember about something). When it's followed by a que clause, you must keep the de. Dropping it is a common mistake (called "queísmo"), but keeping it is grammatically correct. If you used the synonym recordar, you would drop the preposition: Recuerdo que...
Is previmos an irregular verb form? It looks a lot like ver.
Yes, prever (to foresee / anticipate) is made up of the prefix pre- plus the verb ver (to see). It is conjugated exactly like ver. Just as "we saw" is vimos, "we anticipated" is previmos. Learners often mistakenly add an extra vowel (like preveímos), but simply applying the ver conjugation is the trick!
Why do we use fue (from ser) to say it was a disaster? Isn't being a disaster a temporary state?
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