The table you did about "mi misma", etc.? Here:
http://forums.tomisimo.org/showpost....63&postcount=8 ???
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Originally Posted by laepelba
Two questions about this particular example:
1) Why "su" and not "el"? I thought that the indefinite article is to be used for body parts, and not the personal possessive. "The face..." instead of "her/their face..." ???
2) Why singular? Why not "las mujeres del Medio Oriente tapan sus/los rostros"?
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Originally Posted by chileno
Remember the table I did. There you'll find your asnwer.
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Originally Posted by laepelba
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Huh? I don't see what any of the possessive articles have to do with the fact that I thought that body parts were not supposed to use possessive articles, but definite articles.
Isn't it supposed to be: Me duele la boca. (In English, we say "
MY mouth hurts") I thought that it was always impersonal when talking about parts of the body. Where is the answer to that in your chart?
And the same with the question about singular vs. plural. I don't know what I'm supposed to be looking at in your chart to find the answer to that.
Now I'm even more confused.