Phrase · 📢 Reporting news and promises
Me prometió que me devolvería el dinero a fin de mes.
She promised she'd pay me back at the end of the month.
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Why every word is where it is
Meobject pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectprometió1verbpromisedprometer · past · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatmeobject pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectdevolvería2verbwould give backdevolver · conditional · 3rd sing.eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitedineronounmoneymasc. · sing.aprepositionatfinnounendmasc. · sing.deprepositionofmesnounmonthmasc. · sing..
- prometió → devolvería: tense
- devolvería → me: iobj
- devolvería → dinero: obj
- dinero → el: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1A past reporting verb (prometió) shifts what was promised as future («Te devolveré el dinero») into the conditional. Reported speech II: commands, questions and time shifts →
- 2devolvería: conditional = the future seen from the past. The person shifts too: te in the promise becomes me. Conditional: forms and uses →
Variations
- Me prometió que me iba a devolver el dinero a fin de mes.