Phrase · 📢 Reporting news and promises
Nos advirtieron que no dejáramos nada de valor en el carro.
They warned us not to leave anything valuable in the car.
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Why every word is where it is
Nosobject pronounusnosotros · 1st pl. · indirect objectadvirtieron1verbthey warnedadvertir · past · 3rd pl.queconjunctionthat, tonoadverbnotdejáramos2verbwe leavedejar · subjunctive · imperfect · 1st pl.nadapronounanythingsing.deprepositionofvalornounvaluemasc. · sing.enprepositionineldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitecarronouncarmasc. · sing..
- advirtieron → dejáramos: mood
- no → nada: corr
- dejáramos → nada: obj
- carro → el: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1advertir que + subjunctive = warn someone (not) to do something. With the indicative it only informs: nos advirtieron que había ladrones. Reported speech II: commands, questions and time shifts →
- 2no dejáramos: a reported negative command («No dejen nada…») takes the imperfect subjunctive after a past verb. Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive →
Variations
- Nos advirtieron que no dejásemos nada de valor en el carro.
- Nos advirtieron que no dejáramos nada de valor en el coche.