2007-08-11

(Extraneous) Indirect-Object Pronouns

One thing I struggled with, for sure, is shoe-horning (calzador) in that extra indirect-object pronoun. If you're anything like me, you probably don't remember which of all those pronouns is the indirect-object one. Ya te digo. It's that one, right there.

So sometimes it seems a little bit repetitive to the Anglophone ear to use the IDP when you're also mentioning the subject (for clarification or emphasis). But here it is:

Le voy a llamar a Juan mañana.

- Te debo diez pesos?
- No, yo te debo a ti diez pesos.

Le dije a él que yo iba al cine y él le dijo a ella que iba al restaurante. Por esto había tantos problemas.

I'm starting to get used to the repetitiveness of Spanish. I kind of like it now.

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