Phrase · 🔀 Register shifts
Por motivos de salud, me veo obligado a ausentarme hoy.
For health reasons, I am obliged to be absent today.
C2calling in sickformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Por1prepositionformotivos1nounreasonsmotivo · masc. · pl.de1prepositionofsalud1nounhealthfem. · sing.,me2pronoun(myself)yo · 1stveo2verbI find (lit. see)ver · present · 1st sing.obligado2adjectiveobligedmasc. · sing.a2prepositiontoausentarme3verbbe absentausentarse · infinitivehoyadverbtoday.
- Por → salud: por motivos de: for reasons of
- me → veo: verse: pronominal
- veo → obligado: verse obligado: find oneself forced
- a → ausentarme: obligado a + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Formal: an impersonal reason (por motivos de salud) instead of estoy enfermo; no details given. Formal register: impersonalisation, nominalisation and correspondence →
- 2verse obligado a + infinitive = to find oneself forced to; obligado agrees with the speaker (obligada). Verbs with prepositions →
- 3ausentarse = to be absent, stay away (formal). The pronoun attaches to the infinitive.
Variations
- Hoy no puedo ir a trabajar porque estoy enfermo.
- Hoy no voy, amanecí fatal.
- Por razones de salud, hoy no podré acudir a la oficina.