Phrase · 📇 Personal details
¿Me repite su número, por favor?
Could you repeat your number, please?
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Why every word is where it is
¿Me1object pronoun(to) meyo · 1st sing.repite2verb(you) repeatrepetir · present · 3rd sing.su3determineryour (formal)3rd sing.númeronounnumbermasc. · sing.,porprepositionforfavornounfavourmasc. · sing.?
- Me → repite: me = for me
- repite → número: repeat what?
- su → número: possessive + noun
Word for word: “Do you repeat me your number, please?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1A polite request in the present: ¿Me repite…? = could you repeat (for me)…?
- 2repetir changes e → i: usted repite. Present tense: stem-changing verbs (e → ie, o → ue, e → i, u → ue) →
- 3su = your when you say usted (it also means his, her, their). Possessive determiners: mi, tu, su, nuestro →
Variations
- ¿Me repites tu número?
- ¿Me repite su apellido, por favor?