Word
De postre, ¿me podría traer un flan?
Meaning
For dessert, could you bring me a flan?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of De postre, ¿me podría traer un flan?
de
of
un
a, an, some
poder
to be able to
me
to me / myself (reflexive) / me (direct object)
Questions & Answers about De postre, ¿me podría traer un flan?
Why do we use de postre instead of para postre?
In Spanish, when ordering courses in a meal, you use de to mean "for" or "as". You will also hear this in phrases like de primero (for the first course). English speakers often want to use para here, but de is the natural choice when talking about what you are having for a specific part of the meal.
Why is the verb poder conjugated as podría?
Podría is the conditional tense of poder. Using the conditional is a standard way to make a polite request, exactly like saying "could you" instead of "can you" in English. It makes your request to the waiter sound much softer and more polite.
Is it possible to put the word me somewhere else in the sentence?
Yes! When you have a conjugated verb (podría) followed by an infinitive action verb (traer), the object pronoun (me) can either go before the conjugated verb (me podría traer) or attach directly to the end of the infinitive (podría traerme). Both are completely natural and correct.