Lo de que + [conjugated verb]
In Spanish, when something has been mentioned in a conversation, we refer to it afterwards with:
For example:
Imagine that someone said yesterday "María is going to live abroad", we would refer to this later like this:
Lo de que María se va a vivir a Francia, ¿es verdad?
That thing about María going to live in France, is it true?
If someone has mentioned "getting a new job", we could refer to this later on:
"Lo de que" can be followed by 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:
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Lo de irse a Francia, ¿es verdad?
That thing about going to France, is it true?
Lo de que tengas un trabajo nuevo me parece genial.
That thing about you getting a new job is great.
Lo de su decisión, ¿es verdad?
That thing about her decision, is it true?
Lo de que María se va a vivir a Francia, ¿es verdad?
That thing about María going to live in France, is it true?
Lo de ayer, ¿es verdad?
What was said yesterday, is it true?
Lo de María, ¿es verdad?
That thing about María, is it true?
Q&A
ire8m
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3/11/18
Gary
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2 November 2018
4 replies
Lo de que María se va a vivir a Francia, ¿es verdad? Part 2
Why lo de que? Maria is a noun. Why isn't it lo de?
Inma
Kwiziq language super star
2 November 2018
2/11/18
Hola Gary,
If it was only the noun, "María", then you'd need "Lo de María" but we have here a whole sentence with a conjugated verb. It may be confusing to see this in the lesson as we say:
Lo de que + conjugated verb
So I will slightly change the text in the lesson accordingly saying that the conjugated verb can be preceded by its subject, to make it clearer.
I hope this helped,
Gracias y un saludo,
Inma
Robin
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2 November 2018
2/11/18
Gary
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2 November 2018
2/11/18
Gary
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2 November 2018
2/11/18
But then there is this: Lo de la prohibición de las corridas de toros, ha creado controversia..
This is a whole sentence with a verb so why isn't it, Lo de que la prohibición de las corridas de toros, ha creado controversia...?