Phrase · 🥊 Countering arguments
Eso sería así si los precios se mantuvieran estables, pero no es el caso.
That would be true if prices stayed stable, but that isn't the case.
C1rejecting a premiseAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Esopronounthatese · sing.sería1verbwould beser · conditional · 3rd sing.asíadverblike this, sosiconjunctionif, whetherlosdeterminertheel · masc. · pl. · definitepreciosnounpricesprecio · masc. · pl.sepronounhimself, herself, itself, themselves; (impersonal)3rdmantuvieran2verbstayed, kept (subj.)mantener · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd pl.establesadjectivestableestable · pl.,peroconjunctionbutnoadverbnot, noesverbisser · present · 3rd sing.eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitecaso3nouncasemasc. · sing..
- si → mantuvieran: si + imperfect subjunctive
- mantuvieran → precios: pl. agreement
- estables → precios: pl. agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Conditional: you grant the argument only in theory. Hypothetical conditions: si + imperfect subjunctive →
- 2Imperfect subjunctive of mantener, irregular like tener (tuvieran). Imperfect subjunctive: forms and uses →
- 3no es el caso = that is not the case.