Phrase · 🧲 Persuasion and rhetoric
Imagínate por un momento que fuera tu hija.
Imagine for a moment that it was your daughter.
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Why every word is where it is
Imagínate2verbimagineimaginarse · imperative · 2nd sing.porprepositionforundeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefinitemomentonounmomentmasc. · sing.que1conjunctionthatfuera1verbit wereser · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd sing.tudetermineryour2nd sing.hijanoundaughterfem. · sing..
- Imagínate → fuera: imaginarse que + imperfect subjunctive
- por → momento: por un momento
- tu → hija: tu hija
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Persuasion by empathy: imagínate que + imperfect subjunctive sets up a hypothetical the listener must feel. Imperfect subjunctive: forms and uses →
- 2imagínate: tú imperative of imaginarse, pronoun attached and an accent to keep the stress. Negative imperative and imperative with pronouns →
Variations
- Imagina por un momento que fuera tu hija.
- Ponte por un momento en su lugar: ¿y si fuera tu hija?
- Imagínese por un momento que fuera su hija.