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Old March 30, 2012, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by chileno View Post
"Quiero mi esposo." ¿Eso está mal?
For the primary translation given, absolutely. For the second translation given by the OP, no. When the personal 'a' is not used, it certainly does mean "I want my husband," but how often would that sentence be of any use to anybody? Would her Spanish course bother to even mention this?
I think that's why we steered the OP back to the more common usage of this verb with a personal direct object.

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