Breakdown of ¿Podrías traer una fotocopia del certificado?
de
of
un
a, an, some
poder
to be able to
traer
to bring
la fotocopia
the photocopy
el certificado
the certificate
Questions & Answers about ¿Podrías traer una fotocopia del certificado?
Why do we use podrías here instead of just asking ¿Puedes traer...?
I always mix up traer and llevar. Why is traer the right choice in this sentence?
Why is it del certificado and not de el certificado?
Whenever the preposition de (of) is immediately followed by the masculine singular article el (the), they must merge into the contraction del. Saying or writing de el is incorrect in Spanish unless El is part of a capitalized proper name.
Could I say ¿Me podrías traer...? to mean 'Could you bring me...'?
Yes, absolutely! Adding the indirect object pronoun me before the conjugated verb (or attaching it to the end of the infinitive, like ¿Podrías traerme...?) makes it clear that you want the certificate brought specifically to you. As written, the sentence simply means 'Could you bring a photocopy' to the location in general.
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