Phrase · 📈 Describing change
Se está haciendo tarde; deberíamos volver a casa.
It's getting late; we should head home.
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Why every word is where it is
Se1object pronoun(it)3rd · direct objectestá1verbisestar · present · 3rd sing.haciendo1verbgettinghacer · gerundtardeadverblate;deberíamos2verbwe shoulddeber · conditional · 1st pl.volververbto go backinfinitiveaprepositiontocasanounhomefem. · sing..
- deberíamos → volver: obj
- volver → a: prep
Word for word: “It is making itself late; we should return home.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1hacerse tarde = to get late. It has no subject, so it is always third person: se hace / se está haciendo tarde. Verbs of change: ponerse, quedarse, volverse, hacerse, convertirse en →
- 2deberíamos: conditional of deber, a soft suggestion (we should). Conditional: forms and uses →