Breakdown of ¡La de días que se pasan jugando con esa consola de videojuegos!
de
from / of
el día
the day
esa
that (feminine)
con
with
que
that / than
el videojuego
video game
jugar
to play
la
the (feminine)
pasarse
to spend (time)
la consola
the console
Questions & Answers about ¡La de días que se pasan jugando con esa consola de videojuegos!
Why does this sentence use se pasan instead of just pasan?
Using the pronominal form pasarse instead of just pasar adds emphasis to the amount of time being spent, often implying it is excessive, surprising, or out of the ordinary. In this time-spending formula (pasarse + time expression + gerund), it perfectly matches the exclamatory tone of the sentence!
What exactly does La de días que mean here?
La de [noun] que is a very common, colloquial exclamatory structure used to emphasize a large quantity of something. It translates roughly to "The number of..." or "The sheer amount of...". Here, La de días que emphasizes an incredible, uncountable amount of days.
Where is the time expression in this pasarse + time + gerund structure?
The time expression is días. Even though it is pulled to the very beginning of the sentence by the exclamatory phrase (La de días que...), it is still the chunk of time that answers how long they are spending before the gerund jugando (playing).
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