Breakdown of Eran los padres a quienes les rogamos que valoraran la disciplina.
ser
to be
el padre
father / parents
a
to
que
that / than
les
to them / to you all
quienes
whom / who (relative plural)
rogar
to beg
la disciplina
discipline
valorar
to value
Questions & Answers about Eran los padres a quienes les rogamos que valoraran la disciplina.
Why is valoraran in the imperfect subjunctive here?
The verb rogar (to beg) is a verb of influence. Because the begging happened in the past (rogamos), it forces the action we wanted them to do into the past subjunctive. We begged that they value (que valoraran) discipline.
Is rogamos in the present or the past tense in this sentence?
Why do we need both a quienes and les? Isn't that redundant?
Yes, but Spanish requires this redundancy! Both refer to the parents ('to whom'). Whenever an indirect object phrase like a quienes comes right before its verb, you must also include the matching indirect object pronoun, which is les.
Why use a quienes instead of just que?
You beg to someone, so the verb rogar needs the preposition a. In Spanish, when you have a preposition and are referring back to people (the parents), you must use quien or quienes instead of just que.
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