What does this mean: Los vendedores te vendieron ropa.
Does it mean the salespeople sell clothes to you?
How do you know where to put the pronoun and which pronoun to use? I know that its le for 1 person, te for you, me for me, nos for us, les for more people, but in my homework that doesn't make sense.
2007-03-20 12:31:28 · 9 answers · asked by omygosh 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Here's one of my homework questions: Use the cues in parentheses to provide the indirect object pronoun for each sentence. Yo ________ canté en español. (to her)
2007-03-20 12:32:55 · update #1
The salesmen sold clothing to you. The rules you have are right!... any doubts contact me =) I'm mexican and if you agree I'd love to help
For the example you put, It'd be something like
Yo LE canté (to her) it's the same to him or to it
2007-03-20 12:35:15 · answer #1 · answered by PX 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It does mean "the vendors sell you clothes". I think you may be getting confused because of the "Yo" at the beginning of your homework question. "Yo" is the subject of the sentence, the person committing the action. The blank is asking for the direct object, or the person/thing receiving the action. You put the pronoun that refers to the person being acted on into the blanks. In the question you posted the direct object is "le" because "Yo" ("I") sang to HER in Spanish. In spanish, direct object pronouns go directly before the verb, and the subject (the actor) is at the beginning.
2007-03-20 12:43:54 · answer #2 · answered by K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it means the salespeople sell clothes to you.
Let's put it like this:
me(action directed to me), te (action directed to you),
le(action directed to he/she/Ud.), nos (action directed to us), and les (action directed to them masculine/them feminine/ you formal)
Now let's look at the sentence.
Los vendedores te vendieron ropa.
Always use this format: 'subject' 'verb' 'predicate'
subject: Los vendedores
verb: vendieron
predicate: ropa
Now this sentence has an extra part-an indirect object.
Who are the merchants selling clothes to? You
Now remember. Always put the indirect object (me, te, le, nos, les) before the verb.
I hope this helped!
2007-03-20 18:12:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Los vendedores te vendieron ropa
The sellers sold you clothes.
Los vendedores le vendieron ropa
The sellers sold (him or her) clothes
Los vendedores nos vendieron ropa
The sellers sold us clothes
Los vendedores les vendieron ropa
The sellers sold them clothes
2007-03-24 04:35:07 · answer #4 · answered by flugelberry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're getting it right.
Your example means "the salespeople sold clothes to you."
(Or "the salespeople sold you clothes")
You just have to train your ear through repetition. After awhile you'll take it for granted that in Spanish the indirect object goes before the verb. Gradually through practice, it will sound right to you and you won't have to think about it anymore.
2007-03-20 12:43:54 · answer #5 · answered by kbc10 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Literally, it means "The salespeople sell you clothes"... "to you" would be "a ti".
You just have to memorize which ones to use for subject, object, indirect object, and object of preposition. There's no other way around it.
2007-03-20 12:35:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, your conclusion about the salesmen selling you clothes is correct, it is "te". (los vendedores te vendieron ropa)
And, as you say it in your rules, for I is le, so:
Yo __le______ canté en español. (to her)
2007-03-20 12:35:49 · answer #7 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the salespeople sold you clothing
2007-03-20 13:20:57 · answer #8 · answered by Jose G 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sorry, guess I'm too late to help....lol.
I speak Spanish too!
2007-03-20 13:49:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋