After years of living in a Spanish-speaking country, and speaking mostly only Spanish all day, I still struggle with 'llevar' and 'traer'. The rules are clear and all, but it is just very difficult to apply this properly. Is there anybody who has a special trick that helped him/her to do this the right way?
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I would say llevar is to ir as traer is to venir. So, llevar-ir vs traer-venir. Just relate the 'LL' sound with the fact of going away ... |
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Examples:
As a side note, an interesting thing is that in Japanese the corresponding verbs are made up of two verbs:
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I always remember that at a restaurant I'm asked para aquí o para llevar? And since I never bring my food to a restaurant, llevar clearly means to take (away). Although this only helps if you properly remember what a restaurant cashier asks. :) |
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You can use this:
where Just an idea :) |
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