LingoflyA request that doesn't sound like an order
A bare command sounds blunt in Spain, so people soften it into a question. ¿Me puede ayudar? ¿Podría venir mañana? With por favor at the end, almost anything passes. For example: “¿Me puede explicar esto otra vez?” — Could you explain this to me one more time? A rule from the Spanish course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
A bare command sounds blunt in Spain, so people soften it into a question. ¿Me puede ayudar? ¿Podría venir mañana? With por favor at the end, almost anything passes.
By example
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
A request that doesn't sound like an order: how does it work in Spanish?
A bare command sounds blunt in Spain, so people soften it into a question. ¿Me puede ayudar? ¿Podría venir mañana? With por favor at the end, almost anything passes.
What does it look like in a Spanish example sentence?
“¿Me puede explicar esto otra vez?” — Could you explain this to me one more time? A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.