Phrase · 🎤 Debating and turn-taking
¿Podría ir terminando, por favor? Se nos acaba el tiempo.
Could you start wrapping up, please? We're running out of time.
C1moderating a debateformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
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- Podría → ir: poder + infinitive
- ir → terminando: ir + gerund
- acaba → tiempo: subject
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1The conditional makes the request to stop polite. Conditional: forms and uses →
- 2ir + gerund = to start doing gradually: ir terminando = to start wrapping up. Verbal periphrases III →
- 3se nos acaba: the time runs out on us, with nobody to blame. Accidental se and the middle voice →