Phrase · 🔀 Register shifts
Desconozco el horario de apertura.
I do not know the opening hours.
C2saying you don't knowformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Desconozco1verbI don't knowdesconocer · present · 1st sing.eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitehorario2nounhours, timetablemasc. · sing.de2prepositionofapertura3nounopeningfem. · sing..
- Desconozco → horario: desconocer + object
- horario → apertura: horario de apertura: one noun phrase
- el → horario: el agrees with horario
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Formal: desconocer = not to know, one cultured verb instead of no saber. 1st person desconozco (-zco). Present tense: irregular yo forms (-go, -zco), saber, dar, ver and ir →
- 2Formal style turns clauses into nouns: a qué hora abren → el horario de apertura. Formal register: impersonalisation, nominalisation and correspondence →
- 3la apertura = opening (of a shop, a ceremony, a negotiation).
Variations
- No sé a qué hora abren.
- Ni idea de a qué hora abren.
- Lamentablemente, no dispongo de esa información.