Word
Pon la furgoneta aquí sin que la policía sospeche.
Meaning
Put the van here without the police suspecting.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Pon la furgoneta aquí sin que la policía sospeche.
aquí
here
poner
to put
que
that / than
la policía
the police
Questions & Answers about Pon la furgoneta aquí sin que la policía sospeche.
Why do we use the subjunctive sospeche after sin que?
The conjunction sin que (without) introduces an outcome that the speaker wants to avoid. Because the police suspecting is a hypothetical event that you are actively trying to prevent, Spanish requires the subjunctive. In fact, sin que belongs to a specific group of conjunctions that always trigger the subjunctive.
Why can't we just use the infinitive and say sin la policía sospechar?
What verb form is pon?
Pon is the irregular affirmative informal command (imperative) for tú of the verb poner. As a quick refresher: if you were telling someone NOT to put the van there, you would use the negative command, which switches to the subjunctive form: no pongas.
Why does policía use a singular verb here?