Phrase · 🎩 Polite requests and permission
¿Sería tan amable de enviarme la factura por correo?
Would you be so kind as to send me the invoice by email?
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Why every word is where it is
¿Sería1verbwould you beser · conditional · 3rd sing.tan1adverbsoamable1adjectivekindsing.de1preposition(as) toenviarme2verbsend meenviar · infinitiveladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitefactura3nouninvoice, billfem. · sing.por3prepositionbycorreo3nounemail (mail)masc. · sing.?
- Sería → amable: ser tan amable
- amable → de: amable de + infinitive
- la → factura: f. sg.
- por → correo: por correo = by email
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿Sería tan amable de + infinitive?: a very formal request, typical of emails and service desks. Conditional: forms and uses →
- 2enviarme: me attached to the infinitive. Indirect object pronouns and doubling →
- 3por correo = by email (short for correo electrónico); factura = invoice.
Variations
- ¿Podría enviarme la factura por correo?
- ¿Me puede mandar la factura por correo, por favor?