Phrase · 🕵️ Speculating about the past
Puede que se haya confundido de fecha; la cena era ayer.
Maybe she got the date wrong; the dinner was yesterday.
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Why every word is where it is
Puede1verbit may (be)poder · present · 3rd sing.que1conjunctionthatsepronoun(herself)3rdhaya1verbhashaber · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.confundidoverbmixed upconfundir · participle · past · masc. · sing.de2prepositionabout (confundirse de)fecha2noundatefem. · sing.;ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitecena2noundinnerfem. · sing.eraverbwasser · imperfect · 3rd sing.ayeradverbyesterday.
- Puede → haya: mood
- confundido → de: prep
- cena → la: agree
- cena → era: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Puede que + subjunctive = maybe, it may be that. Se haya confundido (present perfect subjunctive) guesses about the recent past. Present perfect subjunctive →
- 2confundirse de fecha = to get the date wrong. La cena = dinner, the evening meal.
Variations
- Puede que se haya equivocado de fecha; la cena era ayer.