Nos gustaremos cumplir

Question

Is this the best way to say we'd like to do what you ask, but we can't? Nos gustaremos cumplir pero no podemos (o no podremos) Gracias. Although would is said, I feel it is implied with the future gustar here. This is from a book please do not try to retranslate it or change it to match "would". I'm trying to understand "nos gustaremos" and why it is written there like that instead of "nos gustará" NOT understand conditional tense, that I understand already.

Answer 1

Nos gustaría hacer lo que pides, pero no podemos.

Good answer using the conditional tense. - kenwilliams, Jan 23, 2011

I agree. - Agora, Jan 23, 2011

Answer 2

Unless I've missed something, that sentence is plain wrong, whether it appears in a book or not.

"Nos gustaremos" means "we'll like ourselves/each other", and that "cumplir" doesn't fit into this seemingly reflexive (or reciprocal) construction, since "gustar" does not accept any more objects ("nos" is the IO, the only one that goes with it)

Good. This is the answer I was hoping for. So "nos gustará" is the way to say it? - jeezzle, Jan 23, 2011

Gracias. - jeezzle, Jan 23, 2011

"Nos gustará cumplir" is ONE correct possibility. You could also say "gustaría". - lazarus1907, Jan 23, 2011

Answer 3

I don't know about the nos bit, but it is actually used like this in other countries, not in Spain.

Gustamos de agradar.

I have not seen it used in the future tense. but who knows...

Look here to see some examples for the use of gustar de

That usage can be heard sometimes in parts of Spain, but the preposition is compulsory, and the original sentence doesn't have it. - lazarus1907, Jan 23, 2011

Answer 4

My effort:

Ojalá que pudiéramos hacer lo que nos pide(n), pero no es possible/ pero no podemos.

Ojalá pudiéramos hacer lo que nos pide(n), pero no es posible/no podemos. - Cabeza_215, Jan 23, 2011

Thanks for the comment. I learned (in Mexico), that ojala(sorry, don't know how to use accents in comment box) is followed by "que", but I know many people don't use it. A Cuban told me that currently, Cubans use : ojala y..... - Sheily, Jan 23, 2011

Answer 5

This seems odd to me. Surely the future tense should be "nos gustará"?

I agree that's why I asked but everyone wanted to switch to conditional tense and change what I wrote instead of correcting and helping what I wrote. This is from a book so I don't know if the book is wrong or what it is saying. - jeezzle, Jan 23, 2011

Answer 6

La frase también puede traducirse:

Nos gustaría hacer lo que pide (usted), pero no podemos.

Nos gustaría hacer lo que piden (ustedes), pero no podemos.

Answer 7

Well it's taken word for word from a book and I'm wondering that were meaning "it will please us to comply" which means the same thing as "it would please us to comply" because in English would is not always conditional. Thank you for your answers.

Perhaps you might think of emailing/writing a note to the editor of the book, about the error, if this is possible? - Sheily, Jan 23, 2011

Answer 8

Alright. I'm not looking for gustaría. Thank you. I'm not looking to retranslate what I wrote but I thank you all once again. I don't want a conditional sentence despite saying would. In English would is not always conditional. Thanks again guys.