Phrase · 🙇 Apologising and making excuses

Disculpa, no quise ofenderte.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you.

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

Disculpa1verbesorry (excuse me)disculpar · impératif · 2e pers. sing.,no2adverbenotquise2verbeI meant (wanted)querer · passé · 1re pers. sing.ofenderte3verbeto offend youofender · infinitif.

no → quise: no quise = didn’t mean to
quise → ofenderte: querer + infinitive

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
disculpa: the tú command of disculpar; with usted, disculpe. Affirmative imperative →
2
no quise + infinitive = I didn’t mean to; quise is the irregular preterite of querer. Preterite II: irregular stems and -ir stem changes →
3
ofenderte: te attached to the infinitive (or no te quise ofender). Direct object pronouns and personal a →

Variantes

Disculpe, no quise ofenderla.
Perdón, no era mi intención ofenderte.