¡oh, no, nuestra mesa está rota!
The English phrase "oh no, our table is broken" can be translated into Spanish as ¡oh, no, nuestra mesa está rota!
This phrase is an exclamation used to express distress when discovering that a piece of furniture is damaged.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In some Latin American countries, the phrase Nuestra mesa se quebró can be used to mean "Our table is broken."
How does it change in a sentence?
In the phrase ¡oh, no, nuestra mesa está rota!, the possessive adjective nuestra must agree in gender with the feminine noun mesa. Similarly, the adjective rota must also be feminine to match mesa. When describing the condition of the table, the verb estar is used rather than ser because broken describes a state or condition resulting from an event.
Did you know?
- The word mesa shares a common ancestor with the English word 'measure', both tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root for 'measuring' or 'proportion'.
- The word rota can be used metaphorically to describe a person who is emotionally devastated or 'broken' by grief.
- The Spanish word mesa is a cognate with the English word 'mesa', used to describe a flat-topped hill that resembles a table.
Example conversation
María and Alejandro are in the dining room after moving some heavy boxes.
- María¡oh, no, nuestra mesa está rota!Oh no, our table is broken!
- AlejandroNo te preocupes, María, la arreglaremos.Don't worry, María, we will fix it.
- MaríaPero Alejandro, se ve muy mal.But Alejandro, it looks very bad.
- AlejandroBuscaremos una mesa nueva mañana.We will look for a new table tomorrow.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries mesa, no, nuestra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
