Phrase · 🫂 Difficult conversations
No voy a permitir que me hables en ese tono.
I won't let you speak to me in that tone.
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Why every word is where it is
NoadverbnotvoyverbI'm goingir · present · 1st sing.apreposition(to)permitir1verballowinfinitiveque1conjunctionthatme2object pronounto meyo · 1st sing. · indirect objecthables1verbyou speakhablar · subjunctive · present · 2nd sing.en3prepositioninese3determinerthatmasc. · sing.tono3nountonemasc. · sing..
- voy → permitir: ir a + infinitive
- permitir → hables: permitir que + subjunctive
- me → hables: me: spoken to me
- en → tono: en ese tono
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1permitir que + subjunctive: verbs of permission and influence take the subjunctive when the subject changes. Subjunctive: wishes and influence →
- 2hablarle a alguien: the dative me = to me. Portuguese says comigo here. Indirect object pronouns and doubling →
- 3en ese tono = in that tone, with en.
Variations
- No te permito que me hables en ese tono.
- No voy a tolerar que me hables así.
- No le voy a permitir que me hable en ese tono.