Spanish

Phrase

el burro delante, para que no se espante

1. A phrase used as a reminder that, in a grammatically correct sentence, yo ‎(“I”) doesn't go at the beginning of a phrase mentioning other subjects.

Usage notes

The phrase is used as a reminder that in grammatically incorrect sentences such as "Yo y Pablo vamos a Madrid" (Me and Pablo are going to Madrid), it is necessary to change the order of the subjects of the sentence by putting "yo" (I) after the other subjects. The corrected sentence in this example would read "Pablo y yo vamos a Madrid" (Pablo and I are going to Madrid).