Me di cuenta que no estaba lista.

morbrorper · January 19, 2021, 10:50am

I think the usual pattern is “darse cuenta de algo”.

dac573 · January 19, 2021, 2:36pm

I have seen it as darse cuenta de… darse cuenta de que … and darse cuenta que (as above), but I have never been able to find a rule or figure out the difference. Maybe a native speaker could enlighten us?

Adrianxu · January 20, 2021, 7:25am

We use all of them . There is no difference between Darse cuenta que and Darse cuenta de que . But Darse cuenta de can only be followed with "eso, esto, aquello, etc.

Me di cuenta que no estaba lista.

Me di cuenta de que no estaba lista.

Me di cuenta de eso.

dac573 · January 20, 2021, 2:59pm

aaahhh … excellent … thank you, @Adrianxu!

morbrorper · June 3, 2021, 7:57am

On a written exam, I think you would get a higher score using “de que”, though.