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Originally Posted by DaBu
Hola a todos. Necesito ayuda!
I was listening to SpanishPod and found a strange line:
A: Hemos venido desde una galaxia lejana buscando
a dos entes extraordinarios para aprender
c´omo vive su especie.
B: Los vamos a secuestrar.
Why is it "los" (Objeto Directo) that used here and not "les" (Objeto Indirecto)? Because, as far as I understood, when we have such construct "some verb a someone", this "someone" should be OI.
Gracias anticipadas!
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The verb "buscar" requires an OD, and "a dos entes extraordinarios" is the only possibility. When the OD of "buscar" is both animate and definite, one MUST introduce it with the preposition "a" (the usage that is often called "personal a"). In sentence A, the speaker knows which two extraordinary beings he/she is looking for; saying "buscando dos entes extraordinarios", the speaker would be saying that he/she is for any random two extraordinary beings, but does not know who they are in particular; in this case the OD is animate but indefinite.
In sentence B, the verb "secuestrar" also requires an OD, and in this context that OD is still the extraordinary beings.