Yesterday of The Beatles, why does paul say?
Why does paul say
"Why she had to go, I don't know she wouldn't say" instead "Why she had to go, I don't know she didn't say"
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I ask this question beacuse in a spanish translate I've seen that sentence is "¿Por que ella tuvo que irse?, no sé no me lo dijo" and that statement is in simple past, so the translate is bad or in english can you also use would reffering to past simple? or maybe isn't that statment in past simple?, thank you
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Yesterday of The Beatles, why does paul say?
Why does paul say
"Why she had to go, I don't know she wouldn't say" instead "Why she had to go, I don't know she didn't say"
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I ask this question beacuse in a spanish translation I've seen the sentence is "¿Por que ella tuvo que irse?, no sé no me lo dijo" and that statement is in simple past, so the translate is bad or in english can you also use would referring to past simple? or maybe isn't that statment in past simple?, thank you
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If you add a colon or a fullstop or a dash after 'know, it reads better, and is more clear
Why she had to go, I don't know - she wouldn't say.
It suggests he asked, but she refused to reply. It is straightforward
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I agree with Ann - except I don't think it is that subtle. "didn't say" does not tell you about her INTENT (one way or the other), but "wouldn't say" tells you that it was her intent NOT to say. It is not as strong as "she refused to say", but it is in that direction.
Translations of song lyrics (and poems in general) can be very tricky and rarely catch all the meaning(s) of the original. To find a words that rhyme as required and carry the precise meaning of the original is sometimes just not possible.
Sometimes things just must be changed to make the overall translation of the lyrics or poem work. The Beatles' "YELLOW Submarine" is "Le Sous-marin Vert - The GREEN Submarine in French.
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She wouldn't say in Spanish would be like " Ella no lo diría" así que por mas que le preguntes poque se fue no lo dirá..
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The Beatles song "Yesterday"
Why she...
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.... This implies that she was asked why she 'had to go' but chose not to say.
Why she...
Had to go I don't know, she didn't say.... This could mean that she wasn't asked or it wasn't talked about or she had gone without talking about it
There is a very subtle difference in the meaning of wouldn't and didn't.
I hope that this helps
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