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Old September 06, 2011, 12:17 PM
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Soler not always followed by the infinitive?

Well at first I learned the simple rule 'Soler + inf.' but today I came across the following:

'Los fines de semana solía quedarme en la cama hasta más tarde.'

The infinitive is quedarse, so why here is soler followed by quedarme?

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Old September 06, 2011, 12:27 PM
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The infinitive that has 'se' tacked onto its end is a pronominal infinitive. So, the conjugated soler is still in front of an infinitive; it's just a different type of infinitive. The conjugation is in the 1st-person, so the pronominal portion of the infinitive must agree with that person. Hence, the 'se' is changed to 'me', the 1st-person reflexive pronoun.
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