Phrase · 🎙️ Managing the conversation
Déjame terminar la idea y luego me dices qué opinas.
Let me finish my point, and then you can tell me what you think.
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Why every word is where it is
Déjame1verblet medejar · imperative · 2nd sing.terminarverbfinishinfinitiveladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteideanounidea, pointfem. · sing.yconjunctionandluego2adverbthen, afterwardsmeobject pronoun(to) meyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectdices2verbyou telldecir · present · 2nd sing.qué3pronounwhatopinasverbyou thinkopinar · present · 2nd sing..
- Déjame → terminar: obj
- dices → me: iobj
- dices → opinas: obj
- idea → la: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Déjame + infinitive = let me…: a tú command with the pronoun attached. The accent keeps the stress: DÉ-ja-me. Affirmative imperative →
- 2luego me dices: the present as a friendly request for later. Luego = afterwards, not “right away”. Present tense: spelling-change verbs and other uses of the present →
- 3qué keeps its accent in indirect questions: me dices qué opinas. Reported speech I and indirect questions →