Word
Regreso a la tienda a que me remienden la costura.
Meaning
I return to the store to have the seam mended.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Regreso a la tienda a que me remienden la costura.
la tienda
the store
a
to
regresar
to return
que
that / than
Questions & Answers about Regreso a la tienda a que me remienden la costura.
Why use a que here instead of para que?
Why is remienden in the subjunctive?
The phrase a que introduces a purpose clause, which always requires the subjunctive when there is a change of subject. Here, the subject changes from "I" (regreso) to the impersonal "they" at the store (remienden).
The translation says "to have the seam mended." Why does the Spanish literally say "so that they mend the seam for me"?
English often uses the causative structure "to have [something] [done]" (like "have my hair cut" or "have the seam mended"). Spanish usually avoids this and prefers an active sentence with an impersonal "they" (the third-person plural). The indirect object pronoun me is added to show the action is being done for your benefit.
Why does the verb remendar (to mend) become remienden here?
Remendar is an "e" to "ie" stem-changing verb, just like pensar (to think) or cerrar (to close). This stem change applies in the present subjunctive for all singular forms and the third-person plural.