Phrase · 😔 Regrets and reproaches
Si me hubieran preguntado a mí, les habría dicho que no era buena idea.
If they'd asked me, I would have told them it wasn't a good idea.
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Why every word is where it is
Si1conjunctionifme2object pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · indirect objecthubieran1verbhadhaber · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd pl.preguntado1verbaskedpreguntar · participle · past · masc. · sing.a2preposition(to)mí2object pronounmeyo · 1st sing. · direct object,lesobject pronoun(to) themél · 3rd pl. · indirect objecthabría1verbI would havehaber · conditional · 1st sing.dichoverbtolddecir · participle · past · masc. · sing.queconjunctionthatnoadverbnotera3verbwasser · imperfect · 3rd sing.buenaadjectivegoodbueno · fem. · sing.ideanounideafem. · sing..
- Si → hubieran: mood
- hubieran → habría: corr
- me → mí: ref
- dicho → les: iobj
- idea → buena: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1hubieran preguntado … habría dicho: an unreal past condition and its result. Nobody asked, and the speaker resents it. Past unreal conditions: pluperfect subjunctive and conditional perfect →
- 2me … a mí: doubling with a mí adds emphasis: me, as opposed to others. Indirect object pronouns and doubling →
- 3era: in reported words the present shifts to the imperfect (no es → no era buena idea). Reported speech I and indirect questions →
Variations
- Si me hubiesen preguntado a mí, les habría dicho que no era buena idea.
- Si me hubieran preguntado a mí, les hubiera dicho que no era buena idea.