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Sentence

No hay trabajo, pero yo solo necesito un jornal.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

There is no work, but all I need is a day's pay.



Analysis


no
     1. adv. no
     2. adv. not
     3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)
     4. n-m. no
     5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no.
hay
     1. there is, there are
     haber
          1. v. (auxiliary) to have
          2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess
          3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había)
          4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive)
          5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive)
          6. v. used to denote a past obligation
          7. n-m. asset
          8. n-m. history
          9. n-m. credit side
trabajo
     1. n-m. work, job
     2. n-m. (physics) work
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of trabajar
     trabajar
          1. v. to work
          2. v. to work in, work on, to workshop (+ en)
          3. v. (obsolete) to suffer
pero
     1. conj. but
     2. conj. well well; so; well (used for emphasis)
     3. n-m. but (restriction)
yo
     1. pron. First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I
     2. n-m. (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego
solo
     1. adj. sole, only, unique, single
     2. adj. lonely, lonesome
     3. adj. alone, by oneself
     4. adj. automatic; self-, by itself
     5. adv. only, solely, just
necesito
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of necesitar
     necesitar
          1. v. to need
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
jornal
     1. n-m. a day's pay




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