Phrase · 🕵️ Speculating about the past
Tal vez estuviera cansado y por eso no dijo nada.
Maybe he was tired and that's why he didn't say anything.
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Tal1adjectifsuch (tal vez = maybe)sing.vez1nomtimefém. · sing.estuviera2verbewasestar · subjonctif · imparfait · 3e pers. sing.cansadoadjectiftiredmasc. · sing.yconjonctionandporprépositionforesopronomthat (por eso = that's why)ese · sing.noadverbenotdijoverbesaiddecir · passé · 3e pers. sing.nadapronomanythingsing..
- Tal → estuviera: mood
- dijo → nada: obj
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Tal vez = maybe. Like quizás, it takes the subjunctive for a more doubtful guess, the indicative for a likelier one. Opinion, certainty and possibility: indicative or subjunctive →
- 2estuviera: imperfect subjunctive, because the guess is about a past state. Estuviese is also correct. Imperfect subjunctive: forms and uses →
Variantes
- Tal vez estuviese cansado y por eso no dijo nada.
- Tal vez estaba cansado y por eso no dijo nada.