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The position of direct and indirect objects in sentences Posted by Adir on Dec 24, 2011
The pronombre complemento can come: 1. After the verb – this is called énclisis. Llámame a las ocho. In the case above the verb and the pronoun are written together. Attention! The pronombre complement always comes after verbs: – in the gerund: Estoy escribiéndole una carta. – Estoy escribiéndosela. – in the infinitive: Voy a…
Verbs with two objects Posted by Adir on Dec 16, 2011
As we saw last week, we have verbs that have direct and indirect objects. Some verbs, however, have two objects: one direct and another indirect (with a preposition). Let’s see an example: Él escribió la carta para mí. – He wrote the letter to me. la carta – direct object para mí – indirect objetc…
The Direct and Indirect Objects in Spanish – Part 02 Posted by Adir on Dec 8, 2011
The pronombres complemento directo are: yo – me tú – te él/usted (hombre) – lo / le ella / usted (mujer) – la nosotros (as) – nos vosotros (as) – os ellos / ustedes (hombres) – los / les ellas / ustedes (mujeres) – las Here are some more examples with complementos directos: Él la…
The Direct and Indirect Objects in Spanish – Part 01 Posted by Adir on Dec 5, 2011
Direct objects are called complementos directos and come after transitive verbs, which require an object to fully convey their meaning. Él escribió esta carta. – He wrote this letter. Ayer vimos una película muy buena. – Yesterday we watched a great movie. Note: The direct object (complement directo) comes with the preposition a when we…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 24 The Spanish verb “Gustar” (To like) Posted by Laura & Adam on Oct 26, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Today we are going to look in detail at the Spanish verb “Gustar” (To like). This is a very commonly used verb which doesn´t work in the same way as the other Spanish verbs we have previously seen. Although it ends in –AR, we don´t say: Yo gusto, Tu gustas, Él gusta…