Phrase · 📢 Reporting news and promises
Me aseguró que el paquete llegaría al día siguiente.
He assured me the parcel would arrive the next day.
B2reportingAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Meobject pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectaseguró1verbassuredasegurar · past · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthateldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitepaquetenounpackagemasc. · sing.llegaría2verbwould arrivellegar · conditional · 3rd sing.al3prepositionon theadía3noundaymasc. · sing.siguiente3adjectivenext, followingsing..
- aseguró → llegaría: tense
- paquete → llegaría: agree
- paquete → el: agree
- día → siguiente: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1asegurar que = to assure someone that. It reports a firm promise, so the original future («Llegará mañana») shifts. Reported speech II: commands, questions and time shifts →
- 2llegaría: conditional for a future seen from the past: «Llegará» → me aseguró que llegaría. Conditional: forms and uses →
- 3mañana → al día siguiente: when you report later, time words shift (and ayer becomes el día anterior). Reported speech II: commands, questions and time shifts →
Variations
- Me aseguró que el paquete iba a llegar al día siguiente.