Phrase · 🔀 Register shifts
¿Me echas una mano con la maleta?
Can you give me a hand with the suitcase?
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Why every word is where it is
¿Me2object pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectechas1verbyou give (lit. throw)echar · present · 2nd sing.una1determinerauno · fem. · sing. · indefinitemano1nounhandfem. · sing.conprepositionwithladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitemaleta2nounsuitcasefem. · sing.?
- echas → mano: echar una mano: give a hand
- echas → Me: echar una mano a alguien: dative
- con → maleta: con + what you need help with
Word for word: “Do you throw me a hand with the suitcase?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Colloquial: the idiom echar una mano and a bare present-tense question (¿me echas…?), the most direct way to ask a friend.
- 2me is the person helped (indirect object). la maleta = the suitcase. Indirect object pronouns and doubling →
Variations
- ¿Me puedes ayudar con la maleta?
- ¿Sería tan amable de ayudarme con la maleta?