Phrase · 🧾 Complaints and claims
Ya les pedí varias veces que no dejaran la basura en el pasillo.
I've already asked them several times not to leave their rubbish in the hallway.
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Why every word is where it is
Yaadverbalreadylesobject pronoun(to) themél · 3rd pl. · indirect objectpedí1verbI askedpedir · past · 1st sing.variasdeterminerseveralvarios · fem. · pl.vecesnountimesvez · fem. · pl.queconjunctionthatnoadverbnotdejaran1verbthey leavedejar · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd pl.ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitebasuranounrubbishfem. · sing.enprepositionineldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitepasillonounhallwaymasc. · sing..
- pedí → les: iobj
- pedí → dejaran: tense
- veces → varias: agree
- dejaran → basura: obj
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Past pedí que → imperfect subjunctive dejaran (or dejasen): sequence of tenses. Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive →
Variations
- Ya les pedí varias veces que no dejasen la basura en el pasillo.