Thread: Le vs La
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Old February 04, 2014, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by fglorca View Post
I have to collect 'them' from school:
Assuming they are all male, and we are still using a direct object pronoun, is the following correct:
Tengo que recogerles del colgio.

And if there is mixture of male and female, we need to use 'los'. Is this correct?

La regla general y recomendable es la siguiente. Todo cuanto oiga o lea que no se ajuste, se considera "solecismo" (incorrección gramatical). Algunos, por ser tan frecuentes, se "admiten" con ciertas restricciones. No obstante, le repito mis palabras anteriores: mejor siga las normales etimológicas.

Objeto directo:

-Lo (Persona, animal o cosa masculina singular)
-La (Persona, animal o cosa femenina singular)
-Los (Persona, animal o cosa masculina plural)
-Las (Persona, animal o cosa femenina plural)

Objeto indirecto:

-Le (Persona, animal o cosa masculina o femenina singular)
-Les (Persona, animal o cosa masculina o femenina plural)


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