Breakdown of Guarda el tarro de miel en la nevera, por favor.
por favor
please
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in
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of
la nevera
the fridge
Questions & Answers about Guarda el tarro de miel en la nevera, por favor.
Why does the sentence start with guarda?
Guarda is the informal singular command form of guardar.
Here, guardar means something like:
- put away
- store
- keep
So Guarda el tarro de miel en la nevera means Put the jar of honey in the fridge or Store the jar of honey in the fridge.
This is the form you use when speaking to one person you address as tú.
Why is it guarda and not guardas?
Because this is a command, not a normal statement.
- guardas = you keep / you store
- guarda = keep! / store! / put away!
Compare:
- Guardas el tarro de miel en la nevera. = You keep the jar of honey in the fridge.
- Guarda el tarro de miel en la nevera. = Put the jar of honey in the fridge.
So the sentence is giving an instruction, which is why it uses the command form.
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