Lo de que + [conjugated verb]
In Spanish, when something has been mentioned in a conversation, we refer to it afterwards with:
Lo de que + [sentence with a conjugated verb]
For example:
Imagine that someone said yesterday "María is going to live abroad", we would refer to this later like this:
If someone has mentioned "getting a new job", we could refer to this later on:
"Lo de que" can be followed by the indicative or subjunctive, without changing the meaning of the sentence.
For example:
Lo de que yo pago todo era una broma. (present indicative)
Lo de que yo pague todo era una broma. (present subjunctive)
That thing about me paying for everything was a joke.
Lo de + infinitive/noun/adverb
We can refer to a previous comment/fact in the same way with:
- (with infinitive)
- (with proper noun)
- (with noun)
- (with adverb)
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