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While watching a twitch stream someone said:
yo tengo un Raspberry, que me quiero construir uno
I would of said:
yo tengo un Raspberry, quiero construir uno yo mismo
The first form of this sentence confuses me a little. I am aware its a relative pronoun but still has me confused.
Question - Which is more commonly used?
Question 2 - What does "que" translate to when used in this form.
The two sentences don't mean quite the same:
The first one can be translated as : I have a Raspberry, I want to build me one.
The second one means: I have a Raspberry, I want to build one myself
So only the second sentence is really using "myself" the first one doesn't really use the reflexive.
The original is valid. In this case, "que" indicates cause, which is common in informal speech.
For example: Déjame tu bolígrafo, que el mío no escribe = Let me use your pen, (because) mine is not working.
En este caso, además de "yo mismo", podría usarse la construcción "por mi cuenta". La frase quedaría, pues:
(...) quiero construir uno por mi cuenta.
In this case, in addition to "yo mismo", the construction "por mi cuenta" could be used. The sentence would then be:
(...) quiero construir uno por mi cuenta.
Cuestión:
The first form of this sentence confuses me a little. I am aware its a relative pronoun but still has me confused.
Question 1 - Which is more commonly used?
Question 2 - What does "que" translate to when used in this form.
La primera forma de esta oración me confunde un poco. Soy consciente de que es un pronombre relativo, pero todavía me tiene confundido.
Pregunta 1 - ¿Cuál se usa más comúnmente?
yo tengo un Raspberry, quiero construir uno yo mismo
Pregunta 2 - ¿Qué significa "que" cuando se usa de esta forma?
Nada, es un error gramatical, en este caso "que", no es un pronombre relativo, es solo una incorrección - Yo tengo un Raspberry, me quiero construir uno.
