Breakdown of Nos preguntan si consumimos esta marca.
nos
to us / ourselves / us (direct object)
preguntar
to ask
este
this (m.sg., also esta, estos, estas, esto)
si
if
la marca
the brand; the mark (a sign or trace left)
consumir
to consume
Questions & Answers about Nos preguntan si consumimos esta marca.
How does si work in this sentence, and why doesn't it have an accent mark?
Here, si acts like 'if' or 'whether' in English to report a yes/no question. It doesn't have an accent mark because si without an accent means 'if', while sí with an accent means 'yes'.
Why do we use the indicative consumimos instead of the subjunctive here?
Even though we are connecting two clauses, reporting a factual yes/no question with si uses the normal indicative mood. You are just reporting the direct question they asked, which was simply 'Do you consume this brand?'.
Why is the word for 'us' (nos) placed at the very beginning of the sentence?
In Spanish, indirect object pronouns like nos (meaning 'to us') must go immediately before the conjugated verb (preguntan). It tells us who they are directing the question to.
Why do we use esta instead of este for 'this'?
The word marca (brand) is a feminine noun, so the demonstrative adjective for 'this' must be the feminine esta to match it, rather than the masculine este.
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