Phrase · 🤝 Negotiating and reaching agreements
¿Qué le parece si lo dejamos en ochocientos?
How about we settle on eight hundred?
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Why every word is where it is
¿Quépronounwhatleobject pronounto him, to her, to youél · 3rd sing. · indirect objectparece1verbseemsparecer · present · 3rd sing.siconjunctionif, whetherlo2object pronounit, himél · 3rd sing. · direct objectdejamos3verbleave; (dejarlo en) settle atdejar · present · 1st pl.enprepositionin, on, atochocientosdeterminereight hundred?
- le → parece: experiencer
- dejamos → en: dejar en
Word for word: “What do you think if we leave it at eight hundred?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿Qué le parece si…? = how about…?: a polite way to put a figure on the table. Verbs like gustar II: doler, parecer, quedar, importar, molestar, faltar →
- 2dejarlo en + amount = to settle at; lo is the price.
- 3After si, present indicative, where Portuguese uses the future subjunctive. Real conditions: si + present →