Phrase · 🤝 Negotiating conditions
Salvo que nos ofrezcan algo mejor, nos quedamos con el proveedor actual.
Unless they offer us something better, we'll stay with our current supplier.
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Why every word is where it is
Salvo1prepositionunless (salvo que)que1conjunctionunless (salvo que)nosobject pronounusnosotros · 1st pl. · indirect objectofrezcan1verbthey offerofrecer · subjunctive · present · 3rd pl.algopronounsomethingsing.mejoradjectivebettersing.,nos2object pronoun(ourselves)nosotros · 1st pl. · direct objectquedamos2verbwe stayquedar · present · 1st pl.con2prepositionwitheldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteproveedornounsuppliermasc. · sing.actual3adjectivecurrentsing..
- Salvo → ofrezcan: mood
- ofrezcan → nos: iobj
- quedamos → con: prep
- proveedor → actual: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Salvo que + subjunctive = unless, barring that. Ofrezcan keeps the -zc- of ofrezco. Conditional connectors: siempre que, con tal de que, a no ser que, por si →
- 2Quedarse con = to keep, to stick with (an option). Reflexive verbs and daily routine →
- 3Actual = current, present-day; it never means real.
Variations
- A no ser que nos ofrezcan algo mejor, nos quedamos con el proveedor actual.