Breakdown of Me confunde mucho lo que dices.
mucho
a lot
me
to me / myself (reflexive) / me (direct object)
decir
to say / to tell
lo que
what (that which)
confundir
to confuse
Questions & Answers about Me confunde mucho lo que dices.
Why do we use lo que here instead of just qué or que?
In this sentence, lo que translates to "what" in the sense of "the thing that" or "that which". We do not use the accented qué because this is not a question. We cannot use just que because it does not refer back to a specific masculine or feminine noun. Instead, we use the neuter lo que to refer to the abstract idea of "what you are saying".
Why is the subject lo que dices at the end of the sentence?
It is very common in Spanish to put the subject at the end of the sentence when it is a longer phrase or an abstract concept. The literal word order here is "Me / confuses / a lot / what you say". While you could say Lo que dices me confunde mucho, putting the action first feels very natural to a Spanish speaker.
Could I place mucho at the very end of the sentence instead?
Is me functioning like it does with the verb gustar here?
The word order looks very similar, but grammatically it is slightly different. With gustar, the pronoun is an indirect object. With confundir (to confuse), the pronoun me is a direct object because the action of confusing directly impacts you. However, the phrasing pattern of putting the pronoun and verb before the subject causing the feeling works exactly the same way.
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