Breakdown of Necesito tu permiso para publicar el vídeo de la orquesta.
yo
I
de
of
para
to
necesitar
to need
tu
your
el permiso
the permission
publicar
to publish
el vídeo
the video
la orquesta
the orchestra
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Questions & Answers about Necesito tu permiso para publicar el vídeo de la orquesta.
Why is para used instead of por in this sentence?
Para expresses purpose or intention—“in order to.” Here you need permission in order to publish the video. If you used por, you’d imply a reason like “because of permission,” which doesn’t fit the idea of “permission so that I can publish.”
What’s the difference between saying tu permiso and permiso tuyo?
Both mean “your permission,” but tu permiso is far more common and concise. Permiso tuyo is grammatically correct but sounds wordier or more emphatic, as if stressing “the permission that belongs to you.”
Why is there an article el before vídeo? Can I say publicar vídeo de la orquesta?
In Spanish, definite articles (el, la) are usually required before singular, countable nouns when you refer to something specific. Here it’s the video (a known item). Omitting the article—publicar vídeo—would sound odd in most dialects.
Why does vídeo have an accent mark?
In Spanish orthography, words ending in a vowel, n or s are stressed on the next-to-last syllable. Video without an accent would be pronounced VE-de-o, but we want vi-DE-o, so we add an accent on the i (ví-DE-o).
Could you use a pronoun instead of repeating el vídeo? For example, Necesito tu permiso para publicarlo?
Yes. You can attach the direct-object pronoun lo to the infinitive: Necesito tu permiso para publicarlo de la orquesta. However, you’d normally say Necesito tu permiso para publicarlo if the context already makes it clear it’s the orchestra’s video.
Why is Necesito not Necesito yo or Yo necesito?
Spanish usually drops subject pronouns when the verb ending already indicates the subject. Necesito alone means I need. Adding yo is redundant unless you want to emphasize “I.” You could say Yo necesito for contrast, but it’s not required.
Whytu not tú with an accent?
Tú with an accent means the pronoun “you.” Tu without an accent is the possessive adjective “your.” Since permiso belongs to you, we write tu permiso.
Can we use publicar here instead of other verbs like subir or colgar?
Publicar is more formal and means “to make public” or “to publish.” Subir (to upload) or colgar (to post) work too—especially on social media—but they emphasize the technical act (uploading or posting) rather than the general idea of publishing. Choose based on context and register.