Questions & Answers about Él pidió mi comida y eso me incomodó.
Why is it pidió and not pedió?
The verb pedir (to ask for / to order) has a stem change in the preterite (past) tense. While the first person is pedí (I ordered), the third person singular (he/she/it) changes the e to an i, making it pidió. Why do we use eso here instead of ese?
Eso is a neuter pronoun. We use it to refer to a general situation, an abstract idea, or a whole statement rather than a specific masculine noun. Here, eso refers to the entire previous action (the fact that he ordered the food). Is me incomodó working like the verb gustar here?
Yes, the structure is very similar to how we use gustar. The subject of the second half of the sentence is eso (that situation), and it performs the action of making you uncomfortable. Literally, it translates to 'that discomforted me.' Can pedir also be used when asking a question?
No, pedir is used when you are asking for an object, a favor, or ordering food. If you want to ask a question to get information, you need to use the verb preguntar. Learn Él pidió mi comida y eso me incomodó and more in Spanish
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