Tu disculpa sincera me hace sentir tranquilo.

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Breakdown of Tu disculpa sincera me hace sentir tranquilo.

• hacer: to make
• sentir: to feel
• tu: your

Questions & Answers about Tu disculpa sincera me hace sentir tranquilo.

Why is it tu without an accent and not tú?

Spanish has two different words:

• tú (with accent) = the subject pronoun you (informal, singular)
• tu (without accent) = the possessive adjective your

In the sentence Tu disculpa sincera me hace sentir tranquilo, tu is describing disculpa (your apology), so it is the possessive adjective and does not take an accent.

If you wrote Tú disculpa sincera…, it would mean You sincere apology…, which is ungrammatical.

Why is disculpa used here, and not perdón or lo siento?

All three are related to apologizing, but they’re used differently:

• disculpa (noun) = apology.
  
  • Tu disculpa sincera = Your sincere apology
• perdón (noun) = pardon / forgiveness / excuse.
  
  • Tu perdón = your forgiveness
• lo siento (expression) = I’m sorry (literally I feel it), not a noun.

In this sentence, you need a noun that can be possessed by tu: your X.
So disculpa (apology) fits perfectly:

• Tu disculpa sincera = Your sincere apology

You couldn’t say Tu lo siento sincero, because lo siento is not a noun.

Why is the adjective sincera placed after disculpa, not before it?