Phrase · 🕵️ Speculating about the past
Está muy contenta; le habrán dado buenas noticias.
She's very happy; she must have had some good news.
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Why every word is where it is
Estáverbisestar · present · 3rd sing.muyadverbverycontentaadjectivehappy, pleasedcontento · fem. · sing.;leobject pronoun(to) herél · 3rd sing. · indirect objecthabrán1verbmust havehaber · future · 3rd pl.dado1verbgivendar · participle · past · masc. · sing.buenasadjectivegoodbueno · fem. · pl.noticias2nounnewsnoticia · fem. · pl..
- dado → le: iobj
- dado → noticias: obj
- noticias → buenas: agree
Word for word: “She is very happy; they will have given her good news.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1habrán dado: future perfect of probability with an impersonal "they" = someone must have given her good news. Future perfect and the conditional of probability →
- 2noticia is countable: una buena noticia, buenas noticias (unlike English "news").