Phrase · 📝 Formal requests
¿Le importaría que dejara mi maleta aquí un momento?
Would you mind if I left my suitcase here for a moment?
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Why every word is where it is
¿Le1object pronounto youél · 3rd sing. · indirect objectimportaría1verbwould it botherimportar · conditional · 3rd sing.que1conjunctionif (lit. that)dejara2verbI leftdejar · subjunctive · imperfect · 1st sing.mideterminermy1st sing.maleta3nounsuitcasefem. · sing.aquíadverbhereundeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefinitemomentonounmomentmasc. · sing.?
- importaría → Le: iobj
- importaría → dejara: tense
- dejara → maleta: obj
- maleta → mi: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿Le importaría que…? = would you mind if…? The conditional asks permission very politely. Verbs like gustar II: doler, parecer, quedar, importar, molestar, faltar →
- 2dejara (or dejase): after a conditional, the imperfect subjunctive. Here the subject is yo. Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive →
- 3Maleta = suitcase; a briefcase is maletín.
Variations
- ¿Le importaría que dejase mi maleta aquí un momento?