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| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7040 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 5 26 December 2005 at 6:48am | IP Logged |
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I'm a little confused by something.
I have learned this from Pimsleur: I told you Le dije (formal) - Te dije (informal) I told him Le dije Later I read on this forum: I told you earlier (informal) Te lo dije antes I told you earlier (polite) Se lo dije antes I do not understand the polite sentence where it says SE. In Pimsleur they used LE (not lo because you are saying something TO him was their easy explanation). Now I see SE. What do I do with the SE?? (Please try to use the same kind of explaining as Pimsleur does, easy to remember rules :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Guanche Hexaglot Senior Member Spain danielmarin.blogspot Joined 7052 days ago 168 posts - 178 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, GermanC1, RussianB1, French, Japanese Studies: Greek, Mandarin, Arabic (Written) | Message 2 of 5 26 December 2005 at 6:58am | IP Logged |
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Simple rule: "le"+"lo/le" combination is forbidden. It's necessary to use "se"+"lo/le" instead.
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| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7040 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 5 26 December 2005 at 8:00am | IP Logged |
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Ah ok, thanks!
So SE also means exactly the same as LE, but only depending on that rule you have to use one of them? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| KingM Triglot Senior Member michaelwallaceauthor Joined 7197 days ago 275 posts - 300 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Russian | Message 4 of 5 26 December 2005 at 3:20pm | IP Logged |
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Right, you only use se where you have la or lo on the other side, as "le lo dije antes" was apparently deemed to have sounded odd to the ear.
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| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7040 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 5 26 December 2005 at 3:23pm | IP Logged |
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Cool, thanks for explaining, I have pasted it in my study wordfile.
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