Breakdown of Incluso quiero que saltes del trapecio.
del
from the / of the
querer
to want
que
that / than
saltar
to jump
incluso
even (including)
el trapecio
the trapeze
Questions & Answers about Incluso quiero que saltes del trapecio.
Could I use hasta instead of incluso here?
Can I move incluso to a different part of the sentence?
Yes, adverbs like incluso are quite flexible. You generally place them right before the part of the sentence you want to emphasize. Putting it at the very beginning (Incluso quiero...) emphasizes the whole surprising idea of what I want. You could also say Quiero que incluso saltes del trapecio if you want to specifically emphasize the surprise of the jumping action itself.
Why is it saltes and not saltas?
Because of the phrase quiero que (I want you to / I want that). When you express a wish, desire, or demand for someone else to do something, it triggers the subjunctive mood for the second verb. So, the normal present tense saltas (you jump) changes to the subjunctive form saltes.
Why does the sentence use del instead of desde el for "from the"?
While desde specifically means "from" as a physical starting point, de is the more common, everyday preposition for "from" or "of." Whenever de is followed by the masculine article el (the), they must combine to make the contraction del. You could say desde el trapecio to heavily emphasize the exact starting point of the jump, but del trapecio is much more natural and standard here.
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