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Pronouns
Subject pronouns (I, you, he, etc.) are generally omitted in Spanish, since the verb ending distinguishes the subject: hablo I speak hablamos we speak However, they are used for emphasis or to avoid confusion: yo voy a Mallorca y él va a Alicante I am going to Mallorca and he is going to Alicante Object pronouns are placed before the verb in Spanish: la veo I see her los conocemos we know them However, in commands or requests they follow the verb: ¡ayúdame! help me! escúchale listen to him except when they are expressed in the negative: ¡no me ayudes! don't help me no le escuches don't listen to him The object pronouns shown above can be used to mean to me, to us, etc., but to him/to her is le and to them is les. If le and les occur in combinations with lo/la/las/los then le/les change to se, e.g. se lo doy (I give it to him) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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