Breakdown of La mayoría de los usuarios activos nos lo piden.
de
from / of
los
the (masculine plural)
pedir
to ask for / to order
nos
to us
lo
it / him (direct object)
la mayoría
the majority
el usuario
the user
activo
active
Questions & Answers about La mayoría de los usuarios activos nos lo piden.
Why is the verb piden plural (they ask) if the subject starts with La mayoría (a singular noun)?
This is a special type of agreement. When you use a group phrase like la mayoría de (the majority of) followed by a plural noun like los usuarios (the users), you can choose to make the verb singular (pide) to match the word "majority", or plural (piden) to match "users". Both are perfectly correct! Using the plural is very common here because we naturally think of the multiple users doing the asking.
Why do we use a form of pedir here instead of preguntar for "ask"?
In Spanish, preguntar means to ask a question to get information (like "What time is it?"). On the other hand, pedir means to request something, ask for an object, or ask for a favor. Since the users are requesting something ("it"), pedir is the correct choice.
Where is the word for "for" in this sentence?
Why is the pronoun order nos lo piden and not lo nos piden?
When a sentence has two object pronouns together, the indirect object (who is receiving the action or thing—in this case, nos for "us") always comes before the direct object (the thing itself—here, lo for "it"). A handy trick to remember the pronoun order is the acronym RID: Reflexive, Indirect, Direct.
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