Breakdown of Te sugiero que le des el regalo a tu abuela.
tu
your (singular)
la abuela
the grandmother
a
to
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
te
to you / yourself (reflexive) / you (direct object)
le
to him / to her / to you (formal) / him (direct object, male person)
el regalo
the gift
dar
to give
sugerir
to suggest
Questions & Answers about Te sugiero que le des el regalo a tu abuela.
Why is des used here instead of das?
Des is the tú (you) form of the present subjunctive for the fully irregular verb dar (to give). We need the subjunctive because the first part of the sentence, Te sugiero que (I suggest that you), expresses a recommendation or influence over your actions.
The yo and él/ella/usted form of this verb is dé. Why doesn't des have an accent mark?
The accent mark on dé is a special exception used solely to tell it apart from the preposition de (of/from). Because there is no common word spelled des to confuse it with, it doesn't need a distinguishing accent.
Why do we need the word le when the sentence already says a tu abuela?
This is a quirk of Spanish called the "redundant indirect object pronoun." Even though you specifically mention who receives the gift (a tu abuela), you still need the pronoun le (to her) before the verb to sound natural in Spanish.
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