Phrase · 📝 Formal requests
¿Tendría la amabilidad de deletrearme su apellido?
Would you be so kind as to spell your surname for me?
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Why every word is where it is
¿Tendría1verbwould you havetener · conditional · 3rd sing.la1determinertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteamabilidad1nounkindnessfem. · sing.de1prepositiontodeletrearme2verbspell for medeletrear · infinitivesudetermineryour3rd sing.apellido3nounsurnamemasc. · sing.?
- amabilidad → la: agree
- amabilidad → de: prep
- deletrearme → apellido: obj
- apellido → su: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿Tendría la amabilidad de + infinitive? = would you be so kind as to…?, a twin of ¿sería tan amable de…? Irregular stem tendr-. Conditional: forms and uses →
- 2deletrearme = to spell (out) for me; me attaches to the infinitive. Double object pronouns (se lo) and clitic placement →
- 3Apellido = surname, family name.