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Old August 24, 2009, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica View Post
What is 'perdida' in this case? It has the form of an adjective as well, so is this another adjective belonging to gente? But it says something both about their state ('lost') as well as the way they are walking (i.e. being lost)?
I think this is a case of andar in sense 4 of the DRAE:
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estar (|| hallarse en un determinado estado). Andar alegre.
So it's not actually saying anything about walking at all - which is good, because the English doesn't either. (You can "wander" on horseback).
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