Phrase · 🤝 Negotiating conditions
¿Qué le parece si pagamos el envío a medias?
How about we split the shipping cost?
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Why every word is where it is
¿Qué1pronounwhatle1object pronounto youél · 3rd sing. · indirect objectparece1verbseemsparecer · present · 3rd sing.si2conjunctionifpagamos2verbwe paypagar · present · 1st pl.eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteenvío3nounshippingmasc. · sing.a4prepositionhalf each (a medias)medias4nounhalf each (a medias)media · fem. · pl.?
- parece → le: iobj
- pagamos → envío: obj
- envío → el: agree
Word for word: “What does it seem to you if we pay the shipping by halves?”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿Qué le parece si…? = how about…? With le it addresses usted; with friends, ¿qué te parece si…? Verbs like gustar II: doler, parecer, quedar, importar, molestar, faltar →
- 2si + present indicative (pagamos) for a concrete proposal; Portuguese uses the future subjunctive here. Real conditions: si + present →
- 3Envío = shipping, delivery of a parcel. Gastos de envío = shipping costs.
- 4A medias = half each: pagar a medias = to split the cost fifty-fifty.