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“¿Me lo puedo probar?” vs “¿Lo puedo probar?”
¿Qué diferencia hay entre las oraciones siguientes?
¿Me lo puedo probar?
¿Lo puedo probar?
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Gramatica: te veo los ojos
I have few questions:
In the example "Te veo los ojos", in English that is "I see your eyes". te=your, right? IF I change the sentence to "Se veo los ojos", then it will become "I see ...
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Sentence structure: el que, lo que
I've got three different writings for the meaning of "Only the present moment is what you can control.", could you please advise which one is more appropriate?
Solo el presente es lo que se ...
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When is the indirect object pronoun required in sentences with an indirect object?
Spanish
¿Cuándo son necesarios en una frase los pronombres indirectos y cuándo son opcionales? Creo que aprendí en el colegio que se requieren siempre (por ejemplo, "le dije a ella que..." es ...
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What is the role of the “le” in the sentence “Miguel le dio a su novia un anillo.”?
The sentence "Miguel le dio a su novia un anillo." translates into
Miguel gave a ring to his girlfriend.
I would think that there would be no need for the "le", since the direct object (his ...
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Grammar of tengo and tienes
I am having trouble understanding how to use tienes/tengo and other related "have" words.
For example, in my current lesson in Rosetta Stone, the following examples are used:
Tengo anteojos de ...
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lo ayudo vs. le ayudo (direct vs. indirect object)
When describing someone helping someone else, does ayudar take a direct or indirect object pronoun? In other words, is it:
¿Lo puedo ayudar? or ¿La puedo ayudar?
or
¿Le puedo ayudar?
If ...
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What exactly are the “passive se” and “impersonal se”?
Many materials for learning Spanish, discuss the "impersonal se" (e.g. ¿Se puede tocar esto?) and "passive se" (e.g. Se habla español.).
What exactly are these forms grammatically? Is the se in both ...
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Cannot use adverbs + possessives: “delante de ti” v/s “delante tuyo”
In Spanish there are some adverbs followed by de:
Delante de, atrás de, en frente de, etc...
When these adverbs are followed in a sentence by a declined pronoun, they are often "contracted" ...
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Indirect object and “le”
La madre le lava la cara a la niña.
In that sentence, why is the word "le" there? The sentence already has a indirect object ("a la niña"), but removing the "le" makes the sentence to sound ...
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What is the correct order of object pronouns?
I know that there are (at least) three types of personal pronouns in Spanish (well, and English): direct, indirect, and reflexive. In cases where all three (or at least two) are present, what is the ...
