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Como tienes experiencia, preferiría que te encargaras del equipo.

Como tienes experiencia, preferiría que te encargaras del equipo.
Since you have experience, I would prefer that you take charge of the equipment.
From Lesson 186:Subjunctive with conditional verbs (me gustaría que...)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Como tienes experiencia, preferiría que te encargaras del equipo.

Why do we use encargaras instead of the present subjunctive encargues here?
The main verb preferiría is in the conditional tense ("I would prefer"). When a verb that expresses a wish, preference, or request is in the conditional tense, it triggers the past (imperfect) subjunctive in the following clause. That is why we need encargaras here instead of the present subjunctive.
Why is there a del before equipo?
The verb encargarse (to take charge or to handle) must be followed by the preposition de. When de comes directly before the masculine article el (the), they combine into the single word del.
Why does this sentence use Como to mean "since" instead of Porque?
In Spanish, when you start a sentence by stating the reason for something ("Since..." or "Because..."), you almost always use Como. You generally cannot start a statement with Porque unless you are directly answering a question.
Why is there a te before encargaras?
The verb used here is encargarse (to take charge of), which requires a reflexive pronoun, unlike the base verb encargar (to order or to assign). Because the subject of the second clause is "you" (tú), the pronoun must match, becoming te.

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