Phrase · 🗺️ Suggesting plans

¿Qué tal si pedimos algo de comer?

How about we order something to eat?

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Why every word is where it is

¿Qué1pronounwhattal1adverb(how) aboutsi1conjunctionifpedimos2verbwe orderpedir · present · 1st pl.algopronounsomethingde3preposition(of)comer3verbeatinfinitive?

si → pedimos: si + present
pedimos → algo: object of pedir
algo → comer: algo de + infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
¿Qué tal si + present? = how about…? Very common and friendly. Real conditions: si + present →
2
pedir = to order (food); pedimos keeps the e: only stressed forms change (pido). Present tense: stem-changing verbs (e → ie, o → ue, e → i, u → ue) →
3
algo de comer = something to eat.

Variations

¿Qué tal si pedimos una pizza?
¿Y si pedimos algo de comer?