Phrase · 🎩 Polite requests and permission
¿Te importaría cuidar a mi perro el fin de semana?
Would you mind looking after my dog at the weekend?
B1making polite requestsinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¿Te1object pronounto you2nd sing. · indirect objectimportaría1verbwould it matterimportar · conditional · 3rd sing.cuidar2verblook afterinfinitivea2preposition(personal a)mideterminermy1st sing.perronoundogmasc. · sing.el3determiner(at) themasc. · sing. · definitefin3nounendmasc. · sing.deprepositionofsemananounweekfem. · sing.?
- Te → importaría: te → importar
- importaría → cuidar: importaría + infinitive
- cuidar → a: cuidar a
- mi → perro: possessive + noun
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿Te importaría + infinitive? = would you mind…? importar works like gustar; no de before the infinitive. Conditional: forms and uses →
- 2cuidar a: a direct object, with personal a for people and pets; no de. Direct object pronouns and personal a →
- 3el fin de semana = at the weekend: article, no preposition. Numbers, telling the time and dates →
Variations
- ¿Le importaría cuidar a mi perro el fin de semana?
- ¿Me cuidas al perro el fin de semana?