Phrase · 🧾 Complaints and claims
Esperaba que me atendieran con un poco más de amabilidad.
I expected to be treated with a bit more courtesy.
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Why every word is where it is
Esperaba1verbI expectedesperar · imperfect · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatmeobject pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · direct objectatendieran1verbthey servedatender · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd pl.conprepositionwithundeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefinitepocoadverblittle (a bit)másadverbmoredeprepositionofamabilidad2nouncourtesy, kindnessfem. · sing..
- Esperaba → atendieran: tense
- atendieran → me: obj
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Imperfect esperaba que → imperfect subjunctive atendieran (or atendiesen): sequence of tenses. Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive →
- 2amabilidad = kindness, courtesy (from amable).
Variations
- Esperaba que me atendiesen con un poco más de amabilidad.