Breakdown of Me pidieron que trajera el limpiavidrios.
pedir
to ask for / to order
traer
to bring
que
that / than
me
to me / me (direct object)
Questions & Answers about Me pidieron que trajera el limpiavidrios.
Why does limpiavidrios end in 's' if we are only talking about one bottle of cleaner?
Compound nouns made from a verb plus a noun (like limpiar + vidrios) almost always use the plural form of the noun, even when referring to a single object. It literally means 'cleans windows'. Since we are talking about one item here, it takes the singular article el.
How would I make limpiavidrios plural if they asked for multiple bottles?
For compound nouns that already end in an 's', the word itself doesn't change when pluralized. You only change the article to match the number. So, 'the glass cleaners' would simply be los limpiavidrios.
Why do we use the subjunctive trajera instead of a normal past tense here?
The verb pedir (to ask or request) acts as a trigger for the subjunctive because it expresses influence or a command directed at someone else. Because the asking happened in the past (pidieron), the requested action must be in the past subjunctive (trajera).
Where does the 'j' in trajera come from?
The verb traer (to bring) is irregular. To find the past subjunctive stem of any verb, you always start with its 'they' form in the preterite past tense. For traer, that form is trajeron. Drop the '-ron' and add the subjunctive ending '-ra' to get trajera.