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Old April 17, 2012, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by pacomartin123 View Post
The murderer must have liked donuts. - English
Al asesino le deben haber gustado las donas. - Spanish

In English I would say
"murderer" is the subject,
"must" is a modal verb
"have" is an auxiliary verb
"liked" is verb in past tense
"donuts" is a direct object

How would I describe the words in Spanish?
The verb "deben" is plural which agrees with "las donas". Is "las donas" the subject of the sentence?

Would this sentence be an example of "reflexive passive"?
las donas - subject
asesino - indirect object

Literally, the donuts must has pleased the assassin. The verb is active.
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