Phrase · 📝 Formal requests
Perdone que lo moleste, pero ¿sabe dónde queda la oficina de admisiones?
Sorry to bother you, but do you know where the admissions office is?
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Why every word is where it is
Perdone1verbexcuse (me)perdonar · imperative · 3rd sing.que1conjunctionthatlo2object pronounyouél · 3rd sing. · direct objectmoleste1verbI bothermolestar · subjunctive · present · 1st sing.,peroconjunctionbut¿sabeverbdo you knowsaber · present · 3rd sing.dóndeadverbwherequeda3verbis (located)quedar · present · 3rd sing.ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteoficina4nounofficefem. · sing.deprepositionofadmisionesnounadmissionsadmisión · fem. · pl.?
- Perdone → moleste: mood
- moleste → lo: obj
- oficina → la: agree
- oficina → queda: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Perdone que + subjunctive (moleste): apologising for an action takes the subjunctive. Subjunctive: emotions and reactions →
- 2lo = you (usted, a man) as a direct object; la for a woman. Spain often uses le. Direct object pronouns and personal a →
- 3Quedar = to be located: ¿dónde queda…? is very common in Latin America.
- 4Oficina = office. A car repair shop is taller.
Variations
- Disculpe que lo moleste, pero ¿sabe dónde queda la oficina de admisiones?
- Perdone que la moleste, pero ¿sabe dónde queda la oficina de admisiones?