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Phrase · 🎩 Polite requests and permission

¿Podría cerrar la ventana, por favor?

Could you close the window, please?

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Why every word is where it is

¿Podría1verbcould youpoder · conditional · 3rd sing.cerrarverbcloseinfinitiveladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteventananounwindowfem. · sing.,por2prepositionforfavor2nounfavourmasc. · sing.?
  • Podría → cerrar: modal + infinitive
  • cerrar → ventana: object of cerrar
  • la → ventana: f. sg.

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    podría: conditional of poder, the polite way to ask. Third person = usted. Conditional: forms and uses →
  2. 2
    por favor softens the request even more.

Variations

  • ¿Podrías cerrar la ventana, por favor?
  • ¿Le importaría cerrar la ventana?