Phrase · 🕵️ Speculating about the past
Las calles están mojadas: habrá llovido durante la noche.
The streets are wet: it must have rained during the night.
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Why every word is where it is
Lasdeterminertheel · fem. · pl. · definitecallesnounstreetscalle · fem. · pl.estánverbareestar · present · 3rd pl.mojadasadjectivewetmojado · participle · fem. · pl.:habrá1verbmust havehaber · future · 3rd sing.llovido1verbrainedllover · participle · past · masc. · sing.duranteprepositionduringladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitenochenounnightfem. · sing..
- calles → Las: agree
- calles → están: agree
- calles → mojadas: agree
- noche → la: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Evidence → conclusion: you see wet streets and infer the cause with habrá + participle (= it must have rained). Future perfect and the conditional of probability →