Phrase · 📢 Reporting news and promises
Me prometiste que este año iríamos a la playa.
You promised me we'd go to the beach this year.
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Why every word is where it is
Meobject pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectprometiste1verbyou promisedprometer · past · 2nd sing.queconjunctionthateste2determinerthismasc. · sing.añonounyearmasc. · sing.iríamos1verbwe would goir · conditional · 1st pl.aprepositiontoladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteplayanounbeachfem. · sing..
- prometiste → iríamos: tense
- iríamos → a: prep
- año → este: agree
- playa → la: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1A reproach: prometiste que + conditional (iríamos) recalls a promise made earlier: «Este año iremos a la playa». Reported speech II: commands, questions and time shifts →
- 2este año stays este because the year isn't over. Reporting about a past year, you'd say ese año or aquel año. Reported speech II: commands, questions and time shifts →
Variations
- Me prometiste que este año íbamos a ir a la playa.