LingoflyAnother's story: explica que…, segons…, suposadament
Somebody else's words are introduced by explicar que. Anna explica que el tren va arribar tard — Anna says the train was late. For example: “Anna explica que el tren va arribar tard” — Anna tells that the train was late. A rule from the Valencian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Somebody else's words are introduced by explicar que. Anna explica que el tren va arribar tard — Anna says the train was late.
The same with "dir", "afegir", "prometre": the verb names who speaks, "que" opens what.
A reference without direct speech — segons: Segons ell, ningú no va veure res — by his account nobody saw anything.
A greater distance is set by suposadament — "supposedly": Suposadament el mercat tanca dilluns.
Table
| turn | distance | example |
|---|---|---|
| explicar que | I pass on the words | Explica que arriba demà |
| segons + who | according to | Segons ell, tot és bé |
| suposadament | I doubt it | Suposadament tanca dilluns |
By example
- Anna explica que el tren va arribar tardAnna tells that the train was late
- Supposedly the market closes on Monday, but it must be checked
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Another's story: how does it work in Valencian?
Somebody else's words are introduced by explicar que. Anna explica que el tren va arribar tard — Anna says the train was late.
What does it look like in a Valencian example sentence?
“Anna explica que el tren va arribar tard” — Anna tells that the train was late. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.