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¿Puedes bajar la música? Es muy tarde.

Can you turn the music down? It's very late.

A2asking a neighbour for quietinformalAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

¿Puedesverbyou canpoder · present · 2nd sing.bajar1verbturn down, lowerinfinitiveladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitemúsicanounmusicfem. · sing.?Es2verbisser · present · 3rd sing.muyadverbverytardeadverblate.

Puedes → bajar: modal + infinitive
bajar → música: object
Es → tarde: time

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
bajar = to turn down (the volume); subir = to turn up.
2
es tarde: ser for the time of day (Portuguese está tarde). Ser vs estar I: characteristics and states →