Word
Tenemos que decidir qué hacer en caso de que se nos dañe el mapa cronológico.
Meaning
We have to decide what to do in case our chronological map gets damaged.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Tenemos que decidir qué hacer en caso de que se nos dañe el mapa cronológico.
de
from / of
tener
to have
en
in / on / at
el mapa
the map
Questions & Answers about Tenemos que decidir qué hacer en caso de que se nos dañe el mapa cronológico.
Why do we use the subjunctive dañe here instead of the indicative daña?
The phrase en caso de que (in case) is a contingency conjunction. It always requires the subjunctive because it describes a hypothetical situation that may or may not happen in the future.
What is the purpose of se nos in se nos dañe?
This uses the accidental se structure, which expresses that something happens unexpectedly or without deliberate fault. The se makes the action passive (gets damaged), and the indirect object pronoun nos shows who is affected by this accident (literally, gets damaged on us).
Why does the Spanish say el mapa instead of nuestro mapa if the English translation says our chronological map?
In Spanish, when you use an indirect object pronoun like nos to show who is affected by an event, you generally use the definite article (el) instead of a possessive adjective (nuestro) for the object involved. The nos already makes it clear whose map is getting damaged.
Just a quick refresher: why is it el mapa and not la mapa?