Breakdown of Te aconsejo que siempre adviertas del peligro a los niños.
el niño
the boy / the child
siempre
always
del
of the / from the / about the (topic)
a
personal a (marks a person object)
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
te
to you / yourself (reflexive) / you (direct object)
aconsejar
to advise
advertir
to warn
el peligro
the danger
Questions & Answers about Te aconsejo que siempre adviertas del peligro a los niños.
Why is the verb spelled adviertas instead of advertas?
The verb advertir (to warn) is an -ir verb with a stem change. In the present subjunctive, it changes its 'e' to 'ie' in most forms, including the tú form used here. Just remember that for the nosotros and vosotros forms, this specific type of verb changes its stem to an 'i' instead (advirtamos, advirtáis).
Why is the subjunctive mood used in this sentence?
The phrase Te aconsejo que (I advise you that) expresses a recommendation or influence over someone else. Whenever a sentence has a subject trying to influence another person's actions, the verb following que must be in the subjunctive mood, which is why we use adviertas.
Why does the sentence use del instead of sobre el for 'about the'?
In Spanish, the verb advertir is specifically paired with the preposition de when you are warning someone about something. Because de is followed by the masculine article el (el peligro), they must combine into the contraction del. You do not use sobre (about) with this verb.
Why is there an a before los niños?
In the structure advertir de algo a alguien (to warn someone about something), the people receiving the warning are the indirect object of the sentence. In Spanish, indirect objects always require the preposition a before them, which is why the sentence says a los niños.
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