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Old September 05, 2008, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by supa-coopa View Post
Tengo una pregunta sobre los verbos cuándo una persona es el receptor de la acción.
I have a question about verbs when a person is the receiver of the action.

hacerme - hacer + me - "to make me" or "to do me"?
llévame - lleva + me - "to take me" or simply "take me"? or "carry me"? (why was the "r" dropped on this one?) This is the imperative (command) form. Note the accent.
perderte - perder + te = "to lose you" or "losing you" ?

¿Se puede añadir "me" a cualquier verbo cuándo una persona recibe la acción? Yes, but only if the verb is in its infinitive or imperative form (with proper accent).
Can you add "me" to any verb when a person (me) receives the action?

¿Se puede añadir "te" a cualquier verbo cuándo una persona recibe la acción? Yes, it's also an indirect object pronoun. All IOPs can be tacked on the end, providing the conditions set above are met.
Can you add "te" to any verb when a person (you) recieves the action?

I've heard these verbs used this way in song lyrics.

Si Tu No Vuelves
Y cada noche vendrá una estrella
a hacerme compañia....

La Tortura
Ay amor fue una tortura
Perderte....

La Despedida
Llévame, donde estés, llévame....




Please correct any and all errors in Spanish that I have made. ¡¡Gracias!!
The indirect object pronoun (me, in your examples above) can be tacked onto the end of the infinitive (the verbs that end in -ar, -er, or -ir) and on the end of an imperative (command form). Otherwise, it precedes the verb.
Notice the accent marks I added to the imperatives.
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