Phrase · 🤝 Persuading & negotiating
Se não for pedir muito, vocês poderiam entregar antes?
If it's not too much to ask, could you deliver earlier?
B2asking a favourAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Se1conjunctionif, whethernãoadverbnot, nofor1verbis (future subjunctive)ser · subjunctive · future · 3rd sing.pedirverbaskinfinitivemuitoadverbvery, a lot,vocêspronounyou (plural)você · 2nd pl.poderiamverbcouldpoder · conditional · 3rd pl.entregarverbdeliverinfinitiveantesadverbbefore?
- Se → for: se + future subjunctive
- poderiam → entregar: + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Se não for pedir muito: future subjunctive in a fixed polite formula. Future subjunctive: uses →