Word
Hablé con la fundadora, de quien depende tu ascenso.
Meaning
I spoke with the founder, on whom your promotion depends.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hablé con la fundadora, de quien depende tu ascenso.
de
of
con
with / just by (+ -ing)
hablar
to speak
tu
your (singular)
Questions & Answers about Hablé con la fundadora, de quien depende tu ascenso.
In English we say depend "on" whom, so why does the Spanish use de instead of en?
Prepositions rarely translate word-for-word! In English, you depend on someone, but in Spanish, the verb is always depender de (literally "to depend of"). Because the relative pronoun must use the preposition required by its verb, we say de quien.
Could I say de la que instead of de quien here?
Yes! When a relative pronoun comes after a preposition and refers to a person, quien or quienes is the standard choice taught in this lesson. However, using the definite article plus que is also very common. Because we are referring to la fundadora (feminine, singular), de la que is a perfect alternative that sounds very natural in everyday speech.
Why is it depende tu ascenso and not tu ascenso depende?
In Spanish relative clauses (the part of the sentence starting with de quien), it is very common to invert the subject and the verb. Putting the verb (depende) right after the relative pronoun and saving the subject (tu ascenso) for the end flows much better in Spanish.
Why is depende in the present tense when hablé is in the past tense?