Phrase · 💡 Giving advice and recommendations
Deberías tomarte unos días libres; llevas meses sin parar.
You should take a few days off; you've been going non-stop for months.
B2advisinginformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Deberías1verbyou shoulddeber · conditional · 2nd sing.tomarte2verbtake (for yourself)tomar · infinitiveunosdeterminera fewuno · masc. · pl. · indefinitedíasnoundaysdía · masc. · pl.libresadjectiveoff, freelibre · pl.;llevas3verbyou have been (for)llevar · present · 2nd sing.mesesnounmonthsmes · masc. · pl.sinprepositionwithoutpararverbstoppinginfinitive.
- tomarte → días: obj
- días → unos: agree
- días → libres: agree
- llevas → sin: prep
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Deberías + infinitive: the conditional of deber gives soft advice. Conditional: forms and uses →
- 2tomarte: the pronoun attaches to the infinitive (or goes first: te deberías tomar). Tomarse unos días = to take a few days off. Double object pronouns (se lo) and clitic placement →
- 3llevar + time + sin + infinitive = to have gone that long without doing something. Verbal periphrases II: soler, dejar de, ponerse a, estar a punto de, seguir and llevar + gerund →
Variations
- Te deberías tomar unos días libres; llevas meses sin parar.