Breakdown of Ellos invertirían demasiado en esos lujos.
en
in / on / at
ellos
they
esos
those (masculine)
demasiado
too much / too
invertir
to invest
el lujo
luxury
Questions & Answers about Ellos invertirían demasiado en esos lujos.
How do we form the conditional tense for invertirían in this sentence?
For regular verbs like invertir, you leave the verb in its full infinitive form and add the conditional endings. Here, we add -ían to invertir to match the subject ellos, creating invertirían (they would invest). Notice that unlike most other tenses, you do not drop the -ir ending first!
Why is it demasiado and not demasiados to match the plural lujos?
In this sentence, demasiado functions as an adverb describing how much they would invest. Because it modifies the verb invertirían and not the noun lujos, it stays in its default, unchanging singular form. If it were describing the luxuries directly, like 'too many luxuries', it would be the adjective demasiados lujos.
Why does invertirían need an accent mark?
Every single ending in the conditional tense has an accent mark on the í (-ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -ían). This is crucial for pronunciation because it breaks the vowel blend and forces the spoken stress onto that í.
What is the difference between using esos lujos and aquellos lujos here?
Both translate to 'those luxuries', but they indicate different levels of distance. Esos is used for things somewhat distant from the speaker or just mentioned in conversation. Aquellos implies a much greater distance in space or time, like 'those luxuries way over there' or 'those luxuries from long ago'.
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