Phrase · 💡 Giving advice and recommendations
Le aconsejaría que guardara una copia de todos los documentos.
I would advise you to keep a copy of all the documents.
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Why every word is where it is
Le2object pronoun(to) you (formal)él · 3rd sing. · indirect objectaconsejaría1verbI would adviseaconsejar · conditional · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatguardara1verbyou keptguardar · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd sing.unadeterminerauno · fem. · sing. · indefinitecopianouncopyfem. · sing.deprepositionoftodosdetermineralltodo · masc. · pl.losdeterminertheel · masc. · pl. · definitedocumentosnoundocumentsdocumento · masc. · pl..
- aconsejaría → Le: iobj
- aconsejaría → guardara: mood
- guardara → copia: obj
- documentos → todos: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Conditional aconsejaría + imperfect subjunctive guardara (or guardase): polite, distanced advice. Imperfect subjunctive: forms and uses →
- 2Le = (to) you when speaking to usted; the verb is third person too: guardara. Indirect object pronouns and doubling →
Variations
- Le aconsejaría que guardase una copia de todos los documentos.
- Le recomendaría que guardara una copia de todos los documentos.