Questions & Answers about Cuando encuentres el control remoto, pásamelo y yo te lo programo.
Why is encuentres in the present subjunctive here instead of the indicative encuentras?
Because cuando introduces a future or hypothetical event (“when you find…”). In Spanish, temporal clauses referring to actions that haven’t happened yet require the subjunctive. So you say cuando encuentres (“when you find”) rather than cuando encuentras, which would imply a habitual action or a past/ongoing fact.
What type of command is pásamelo, and how is it formed?
Pásamelo is an affirmative tú command. For most regular –ar verbs, the affirmative tú form uses the third-person singular of the present indicative: pasar → pasa. Then you attach the object pronouns: pasa + me + lo. Because pronoun attachment can shift the stress, you mark the accent: pásamelo.
How do the object pronouns me and lo combine in pásamelo, and why is the order me + lo?
Spanish pronouns follow the order: reflexive > indirect object > direct object. Here me is an indirect object pronoun (“to me”), and lo is a direct object pronoun (“it” referring to el control remoto). You never switch the order to lo + me. After forming pasa, you attach me then lo to get pasa + me + lo = pásamelo.