Phrase · 👔 Work and job interviews
Me pidieron que les mandara mi currículum y una carta de presentación.
They asked me to send them my CV and a cover letter.
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Why every word is where it is
Meobject pronoun(to) meyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectpidieron1verbthey askedpedir · past · 3rd pl.queconjunctionthatles2object pronoun(to) themél · 3rd pl. · indirect objectmandara1verbI sentmandar · subjunctive · imperfect · 1st sing.mideterminermy1st sing.currículum3nounCVmasc. · sing.yconjunctionandunadeterminerauno · fem. · sing. · indefinitecarta3nounletterfem. · sing.deprepositionofpresentación3nounintroductionfem. · sing..
- pidieron → Me: iobj
- pidieron → mandara: tense
- mandara → les: iobj
- mandara → currículum: obj
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Preterite pidieron que → imperfect subjunctive mandara (or mandase). Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive →
- 2les = to them (the company): Spanish names the recipient with a pronoun. Indirect object pronouns and doubling →
- 3currículum (also currículo, CV); carta de presentación = cover letter.
Variations
- Me pidieron que les mandase mi currículum y una carta de presentación.
- Me pidieron que les enviara mi currículum y una carta de presentación.