Phrase · ✉️ Formal correspondence
Les agradeceríamos que nos hicieran llegar la documentación antes de fin de mes.
We would be grateful if you could send us the documents before the end of the month.
C1making a formal requestformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Lesobject pronounto them, to youél · 3rd pl. · indirect objectagradeceríamos1verbwe would be grateful (for)agradecer · conditional · 1st pl.queconjunctionthatnospronounus, to us, ourselvesnosotros · 1st pl.hicieran2verbmade, did (subj.); (hacer llegar) senthacer · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd pl.llegar3verbto arrive; (llegar a) to reachinfinitiveladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitedocumentaciónnoundocuments, paperworkfem. · sing.antesadverbbeforedeprepositionof, fromfinnounendmasc. · sing.deprepositionof, frommesnounmonthmasc. · sing..
- agradeceríamos → hicieran: agradecer que + subjunctive
- hicieran → llegar: hacer + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1agradecer que + subjunctive; the conditional makes the request polite. Conditional: forms and uses →
- 2After a conditional, the imperfect subjunctive: hicieran. Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive →
- 3hacer llegar algo = send, get something to someone.