Questions tagged [objetos-directos]
Questions about direct objects (the entity that receives the action of a transitive verb). Preguntas sobre objetos directos (la entidad que recibe la acción de un verbo transitivo).
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Does the verb "encantar" only take indirect objects? Why does it not take direct objects?
Encantar, like gustar, means to please/be pleasing to. So I would expect the sentence structure to be:
object (thing(s) getting pleased) + conjugation of encantar in accordance with subject + subject (...
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Can the impersonal se be used with direct/indirect object pronouns?
I’m trying to understand the grammar of this sentence:
Los siete años que pasaron en la escuela estuvieron marcados por diversos incidentes desagradables a los que nunca se los pudo vincular de ...
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If a verb is transitive does it always need to be accompanied with a direct object/direct object pronoun?
In Spanish, if a verb is transitive does it always need to be accompanied with a direct object/direct object pronoun? For example, see the following sentence:
Los países ricos extraen más que dan a ...
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Why is "le" used instead of "la" in "No puedo hacerle cambiar de opinión"?
In the following sentence, why is the indirect object pronoun "le" used instead of the direct object pronoun "la"? (The sentence is from Olly Richard´s Short Stories in Spanish)
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Confusion surrounding encantar
So, this makes no sense to me. At my current understanding, me encanta would mean I am loved by he/she/it; because me is the object of the verb encantar, and the verb is in the 3rd person tense.
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Proper "a" and gustar
I've looked around on this site, and I don't see a direct answer to this question, and it's kind of bugging me.
Using "a" in front of proper nouns, when they are a direct object, mostly ...
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¿Cuál es el sujeto y el objeto directo en la frase "Algo pasa a ella"? What is the subject and direct object of the sentence "Algo pasa a ella"?
Actualmente estoy tomando clases de español. Encontré esta frase
Algo pasa a ella.
en una clase cuando practicamos pronombres de objeto directo y objeto indirecto. El profesor me explicó que "...
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How can I rearrange this sentence? "Dependo de mi novio
I think this is a correct sentence:
Dependo de mi novio.
If that's correct, then I'm wondering how I can "rearrange" this sentence using different word order and pronouns.
For example, ...
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Ana, lanza el balón a la canasta
My quest to understand the relationship between prepositional phrases and indirect object pronouns continues.
In this book, I find the example sentence
Ana, lanza el balón a la canasta.
(Ana, shoot ...
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When can I use a pronoun in place of a prepositional phrase?
If I understand correctly, this video (same one I referenced in this question) shows an example of replacing a prepositional phrase with a pronoun. It pretty much says that these two sentences are ...
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Using indirect object pronouns in sentences with direct objects
It seems like object pronouns can be a hard topic for native English-speakers and there are a lot of questions on here about it. I'm looking through those but I haven't quite found my answer yet.
I'm ...
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Appending Objects to Commands [duplicate]
My question regards the usage objects with commands. I said to my girlfriend, a native speaker “Pásalela” with my meaning being “Pass her (the waitress) the bill.”
She said this does not sound right ...
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A UDs. nomás se lo/los/les perdono/perdona/perdonan
En el caso a) él/ella está perdonando u eximiendo de su obligación a otra persona.
a) A ti(OI) nomás te lo(OD) perdono(indicativo presente)
P: ¿Qué cosa me perdonas? R: Que seas impuntual/Tu ...
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When to use "me dices" or "dime"
If you have more questions, tell me.
Would it be
Por si tienes mas preguntas, me dices
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Por si tienes mas preguntas, dime
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Al niño le gusta el fútbol. Why "Al" and "le"?
In the sentence "Al niño le gusta el fútbol." I am reading that the sentence should be translated as "The soccer pleases the boy". And the "a" in "a+el = al niño&...
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