Phrase · 🤝 Negotiating conditions
Pueden ir a la fiesta, siempre y cuando vuelvan antes de la medianoche.
You can go to the party, as long as you're back before midnight.
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Why every word is where it is
Pueden3verbyou (all) canpoder · present · 3rd pl.irverbgoinfinitiveaprepositiontoladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitefiestanounpartyfem. · sing.,siempre1adverbas long asy1conjunctionas long ascuando1conjunctionas long asvuelvan2verbyou come backvolver · subjunctive · present · 3rd pl.antesadverbbeforedeprepositionofladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitemedianochenounmidnightfem. · sing..
- Pueden → ir: obj
- ir → a: prep
- fiesta → la: agree
- siempre → vuelvan: mood
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Siempre y cuando + subjunctive = as long as, only if: a more emphatic siempre que. Conditional connectors: siempre que, con tal de que, a no ser que, por si →
- 2vuelvan: present subjunctive of volver (o → ue), the verb for coming back. Present subjunctive: forms →
- 3Pueden (ustedes): in Latin America ustedes is the only plural you, informal too. Subject pronouns and forms of address: tú, usted, ustedes →