Phrase · 🕵️ Speculating about the past
Cuando se casó, tendría unos veinticinco años.
When she got married, she must have been about twenty-five.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Cuandoconjonctionwhensepronom(herself)3e pers.casóverbegot marriedcasar · passé · 3e pers. sing.,tendría1verbewould have (= was probably)tener · conditionnel · 3e pers. sing.unos2déterminantabout, someuno · masc. · plur. · indéfiniveinticincodéterminanttwenty-fiveañosnomyearsaño · masc. · plur..
- tendría → casó: tense
- tendría → años: obj
- años → unos: agree
Mot à mot : “When she married, she would have some twenty-five years.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Conditional of probability: tendría = she was probably…, a guess about the past (about the present: tendrá). Future perfect and the conditional of probability →
- 2unos + number = about, roughly. Age is expressed with tener. Tener: possession, age, sensations, tener que →