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Ayudarte or le ayudara?
¿como me gustariás ayudarte?
is this the correct way to say how would you like me to help you? because a Spanish lady at my job said no. but I felt I was right Last edited by hola; October 18, 2009 at 10:36 PM. |
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Some observations:
To say "¿would you like?" you would use "¿Te gustaría...?" or "¿Quisieras...?" (or formally "Le gustaría...?" or "¿Quisiera..."? Also, the sentence is ambiguous: In English when we say "How would you like", the "how" can refer to "in what way", or "in what manner" or it can just be used as a filler word in the sense that "how would you like" and "would you like" have identical meanings.
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I would be grateful if you would correct my errors. Estaría agradecido si corrigiera mis errores. Last edited by tacuba; October 18, 2009 at 11:17 PM. |
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yea but you didn't answer my question. was my question correct or was she right?
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¿Cómo me gustarías ayudarte? ¿Cómo te gustaría que te ayudo? = How would you like me to help you? (más literal y mal inglés para ayudar entenderlo = How would it appeal to you that I help you) Otra opción ¿Qué necesita usted?
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I could say:
¡Cómo me gustaría ayudarte! (I wish I could help you but surely I'm not able to) But if you want to offer somebody your help, you could say: ¿Cómo podría ayudarte? ¿Quieres que te ayude (de alguna manera)? ¿Necesitas ayuda? ¿Permites (o me dejas) que te ayude? ¿Te gustaría que te ayudara? etc. But the sentence you wrote is not correct, I'm sorry |
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To be honest, I don't think I'll ever fully understand some cultures' rules on T-V usage. I have a Bolivian friend who calls her husband tú but her cat usted; she explains it as expressing that they aren't equals. (Maybe she's really expressing that cats are superior to humans and know it?) Then there was the Ecuadorian lady who sometimes called her husband tú and sometimes usted; I think it was a question of in what rôle she was addressing him, but I'm not certain. But anyway, I shouldn't derail your thread. |
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Hola, debes decir: ¿cómo te gustaría que te ayudara?
Me imagino que te refieres a eso. Saludos, Ana |
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When using usted we pretend to imbue an extra expression of endearment, of being extra affectionate. That might be happening with your bolivian friend and her/his pet. Nothing to do with superiority. |
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Hi Bob: Since the verb "gustar" is a verb of emotion, it does require the subjunctive in the subordinate clause, and since it is in the conditional (gustaría) it requires that the imperfect subjunctive or pluperfect subjunctive be used. Hey! I just used the subjunctive in English:>))
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I agree with Ana.
"How would you like me to help you" can also be said like: - ¿Cómo querrías que te ayudara? (a ti) / ¿Cómo querría que le ayudara? (a usted) - ¿Cómo quisieras que te ayudara? (a ti) / ¿Cómo quisiera que le ayudara? (a usted) - ¿Cómo quieres que te ayude? (a ti) / ¿Cómo quiere que le ayude? (a usted) - ¿Cómo preferirías que te ayudara? (a ti) / ¿Cómo preferiría que le ayudara? (a usted) - ¿Cómo te ayudo? (a ti) / ¿Cómo le ayudo? (a usted) ... You mixed conjugation and persons, hola, so your sentence is not clear. Your sentence seems more related to "¿cómo me gustaría ayudarte?", which rather asks "How would I like to help you?". See the difference?
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