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Me dijo que vendría, pero al final no vino.
He told me he would come, but in the end he didn't.
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Why every word is where it is
Meobject pronoun(to) meyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectdijoverbtolddecir · past · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatvendría1verbwould comevenir · conditional · 3rd sing.,peroconjunctionbutal2prepositionat thefinal2nounendmasc. · sing.noadverbnotvino3verbcamevenir · past · 3rd sing..
- dijo → vendría: tense
- dijo → Me: iobj
- final → al: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Reported future: «Vendré» becomes dijo que vendría, the conditional as a future seen from the past. Reported speech II: commands, questions and time shifts →
- 2al final = in the end, after all (a + el = al). Articles: el, la, un, una; al and del →
- 3vino: preterite of venir (he came), not the noun wine. Preterite II: irregular stems and -ir stem changes →
Variations
- Me dijo que iba a venir, pero al final no vino.
- Me dijo que vendría, pero al final no apareció.