Phrase · 🎭 Feelings with nuance
Me sorprendió que Julián se acordara de mi cumpleaños.
I was surprised that Julián remembered my birthday.
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Why every word is where it is
Meobject pronoun(to) meyo · 1st sing. · indirect objectsorprendió1verbsurprisedsorprender · past · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatJuliánnounJuliánse2object pronoun(himself)3rd · direct objectacordara2verbrememberedacordar · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd sing.de2prepositionofmideterminermy1st sing.cumpleañosnounbirthdaymasc. · sing..
- sorprendió → acordara: mood
- sorprendió → Me: iobj
- Julián → acordara: agree
- acordara → de: prep
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Me sorprendió que + imperfect subjunctive: past emotion → past subjunctive (sequence of tenses). Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive →
- 2acordarse de = to remember. Portuguese acordar (to wake up) is Spanish despertarse. Verbs with prepositions →
Variations
- Me sorprendió que Julián se acordase de mi cumpleaños.