Phrase · 📝 Formal requests
Hace una semana le pedí que me enviara la factura corregida y sigo esperando.
A week ago I asked you to send me the corrected invoice, and I'm still waiting.
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Why every word is where it is
Hace1verbago (lit. it makes)hacer · present · 3rd sing.unadeterminerauno · fem. · sing. · indefinitesemananounweekfem. · sing.leobject pronounyouél · 3rd sing. · indirect objectpedí2verbI askedpedir · past · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatmeobject pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectenviara2verbyou sentenviar · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd sing.ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitefactura3nouninvoicefem. · sing.corregidaverbcorrectedcorregir · participle · past · fem. · sing.yconjunctionandsigo4verbI am stillseguir · present · 1st sing.esperando4verbwaitingesperar · gerund.
- pedí → le: iobj
- pedí → enviara: tense
- enviara → factura: obj
- factura → corregida: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Hace una semana = a week ago: hace + time is the Spanish ago. Time expressions: hace, desde, desde hace, hace … que →
- 2Le pedí que me enviara: a past main verb (pedí) calls for the imperfect subjunctive (enviara). Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive →
- 3Factura = invoice, bill.
- 4Seguir + gerund = to still be doing: sigo esperando (I am still waiting). Verbal periphrases II: soler, dejar de, ponerse a, estar a punto de, seguir and llevar + gerund →
Variations
- Hace una semana le pedí que me enviase la factura corregida y sigo esperando.