Phrase · 📢 Reporting news and promises
Nos comentaron que habría cambios en el horario a partir de enero.
We were told there would be changes to the schedule from January.
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Why every word is where it is
Nosobject pronounto usnosotros · 1st pl. · indirect objectcomentaron1verbthey mentionedcomentar · past · 3rd pl.queconjunctionthathabría2verbthere would behaber · conditional · 3rd sing.cambiosnounchangescambio · masc. · pl.enprepositionin, toeldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitehorarionounschedule, timetablemasc. · sing.aprepositionfrom (a partir de)partirverbstarting (a partir de)infinitivedeprepositionofeneronounJanuarymasc. · sing..
- comentaron → habría: tense
- habría → cambios: obj
- horario → el: agree
Word for word: “They mentioned to us that there would be changes in the schedule starting from January.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1comentaron: third-person plural with no subject = someone told us; who doesn't matter (impersonal "they"). Impersonal and passive se; reciprocal se →
- 2hay → habrá → habría: existential haber stays singular even with a plural noun: habría cambios, never ✗ habrían cambios. Reported speech II: commands, questions and time shifts →
Variations
- Nos comentaron que iba a haber cambios en el horario a partir de enero.