Phrase · 📢 Reporting news and promises
El mecánico me recomendó que cambiara las llantas antes del viaje.
The mechanic recommended that I change the tyres before the trip.
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Why every word is where it is
Eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitemecániconounmechanicmasc. · sing.meobject pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectrecomendó1verbrecommendedrecomendar · past · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatcambiara1verbI changecambiar · subjunctive · imperfect · 1st sing.lasdeterminertheel · fem. · pl. · definitellantas2nountyresllanta · fem. · pl.antesadverbbeforedelprepositionof thedeviajenountripmasc. · sing..
- recomendó → cambiara: mood
- recomendó → me: iobj
- cambiara → llantas: obj
- llantas → las: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1recomendar que + imperfect subjunctive: advice reported in the past. Cambiara is first person here (= that I change). Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive →
- 2llantas = tyres in most of Latin America; in Spain neumáticos (and llanta there is the wheel rim).
Variations
- El mecánico me recomendó que cambiase las llantas antes del viaje.