Phrase · 🧩 Idioms in everyday speech
¿Me echas una mano con la mudanza el sábado?
Can you give me a hand with the move on Saturday?
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Why every word is where it is
¿Meobject pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectechas1verbwill you give (lit. throw)echar · present · 2nd sing.una1determinerauno · fem. · sing. · indefinitemano1nounhandfem. · sing.conprepositionwithladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitemudanza2nounmove (house)fem. · sing.el3determineron (lit. the)masc. · sing. · definitesábado3nounSaturdaymasc. · sing.?
- echas → mano: echar una mano: to help
- Me → echas: me: who gets the help
- una → mano: una agrees with mano (f.)
Word for word: “Do you throw me a hand with the move on Saturday?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1echar una mano = to give a hand. Spanish uses echar (throw) here, and mano is feminine: una mano.
- 2la mudanza = the house move; to move house = mudarse.
- 3Days take the article and no preposition: el sábado = on Saturday. Numbers, telling the time and dates →
Variations
- ¿Me das una mano con la mudanza el sábado?
- ¿Me ayudas con la mudanza el sábado?
- ¿Me podrías echar una mano con la mudanza el sábado?