Phrase · 🕵️ Speculating about the past
Debe de haber salido temprano, porque su carro no está.
She must have left early, because her car isn't there.
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Debe1verbemustdeber · présent · 3e pers. sing.de1préposition(deber de = probably)haber2verbehaveinfinitifsalido2verbeleft, gone outsalir · participe · passé · masc. · sing.tempranoadverbeearly,porqueconjonctionbecausesudéterminanther3e pers. sing.carronomcarmasc. · sing.noadverbenotestáverbeis (there)estar · présent · 3e pers. sing..
- Debe → de: prep
- carro → su: agree
- carro → está: agree
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1deber de + infinitive = probability (she must have…); deber without de = obligation. In speech, both are heard for guesses. Future perfect and the conditional of probability →
- 2haber + participle moves the guess into the past: debe de haber salido = she must have left. Future perfect and the conditional of probability →
Variantes
- Habrá salido temprano, porque su carro no está.
- Debe haber salido temprano, porque su carro no está.