Phrase · 🧾 Complaints and claims
Es increíble que el edificio lleve un mes sin ascensor.
It's unbelievable that the building has been without a lift for a month.
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Why every word is where it is
Es1verbit isser · present · 3rd sing.increíble1adjectiveunbelievablesing.queconjunctionthateldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteedificionounbuildingmasc. · sing.lleve2verbhas been (for)llevar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.undeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefinitemesnounmonthmasc. · sing.sinprepositionwithoutascensornounliftmasc. · sing..
- increíble → lleve: mood
- edificio → lleve: agree
- lleve → sin: prep
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Es increíble que + subjunctive: a judgement or reaction triggers the subjunctive. Subjunctive: value judgements and impersonal expressions →
- 2llevar + time + sin + noun = to have been without something for that long. Verbal periphrases II: soler, dejar de, ponerse a, estar a punto de, seguir and llevar + gerund →
Variations
- Es increíble que el edificio lleve un mes sin elevador.