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Nov 20, 2013 - 06:48 PM
el (he) me (me, to me) la (it fem, the racket) presto (loaned, the past tense, the o should have an accent on it. Therefore: It's his racket, he loaned it to me. As far as word order, that's just the usual Spanish way of expressing it. Once could also say: Es su raqueta, me la presto. Here you leave out the el since it would be "understood" by those present in the group and based on the first part of the sentence. You could also say Es su raqueta, el me presto el suyo (he loaned me his [racket]). The more you hear and use the phrases, the more you will internalize them. Also check into direct and indirect object placement as that would be helpful here...should you choose to get in to grammar.
Nov 24, 2013 - 08:21 PM
Thanks...
Dec 01, 2013 - 10:05 AM
Doug, you may have missed Sonia's comment In Fluenz 4, Lesson 19, where she says we can use this order: person acting first; then person receiving;then complement and then verb. el me la presto. with the proper accents of course. I have been having more problems "getting" Fluenz 4 and word order is always something that is tricky. I've made a note of this order to help me in future. Mary seems more advanced and familiar with various acceptable forms and I guess we will get there too; but in the meantime, I think this rule for order will help me until I feel more comfortable with the language.