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Old December 29, 2006, 11:56 AM
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Hi, often I´ll see short frases like:A ver or,as the title of a book:Español..A descubrirlo. I don't quite understand the reason for the A. agradezco la ayuda!!
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Grammatically I'm not totally sure about the explanation for this, but it basically means "let's"

a ver - let's see
a descubirlo - let's discover it (let's go discovering) or something similar.

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Is this the "personal A" that they talk about?
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No, the "personal A" its when the direct object is a person
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This case its more like "vamos a ..." ("lets do ...")
(Vamos) a ver - let's see
(vamos )a descubirlo - let's discover it (let's go discovering)


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