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Pronominal verbs...
I receive a couple of different "word of the day" e-mails to increase my Spanish vocabulary. The most recent one used the word "burlarse", and said that it is a "pronomial verb", meaning that it takes a reflexive pronoun, right? The definition of the word (in English) is given as "to mock, to flout, to ridicule". They also give a couple of example sentences:
- Mi hermano burlarse de las leyes. - Muchos niños se burlan de los niños diferentes. My questions: 1) In the first example, why is the verb not conjugated? Why isn't it: Mi hermano se burla de las leyes. 2) What is the pronoun supposed to be representing? It would seem to me that with this particular verb, the pronoun should represent the object of the joking. Or does it HAVE to agree with the subject? It's not apparent in either example, which both use third person. For example: Which is correct? - Tú se burlas de los niños diferentes. OR - Tú te burlas de los niños diferentes. Which is correct? - Yo se burlo de las leyes. OR - Yo me burlo de las leyes.
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Good job. You caught the mistake made in the first sentence, and correctly translated it.
The verb burlarse is categorized as pronominal, which just means it has a pronoun. How it is used wasn't mentioned. Pronominal verbs fall into three categories: reflexive, reciprocal, and idiomatic pronominal Burlarse is reflexive. That means the person and pronoun agree: (Yo) me burlo, (Tú) te burlas |
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Okay - so that makes sense to me in the mechanics of the sentence structure. But it doesn't make sense to me in the meaning. If it is "Yo me burlo..." or "Tú te burlas..." does it mean that "I, myself, am teasing...." and "You, yourself, are teasing..."?? THANKS, Rusty!!
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You made fun of my cat because he is fat, and now he is sad Te burlaste de mi gato.. pero sé el porqué de tu confusión Nunca he visto un verbo reflexivo parecido al burlarse ¿Por qué "se" necesita estar en acuerdo con el sujeto ? Me burlas , you tease me Me amas , you love me ¿Puedo no escribes así, con LE? A mi gato te le burlas
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Sorry, 'burlarse' is not reflexive, just pronominal.
Yo me burlo a mí misma. You can use 'burlar' as a pronominal verb or not: El gato burló al perro y se subió a un árbol (transitivo = el gato esquivó al perro). Tu te burlas de mi gato (pronominal -Bob, that's for you ). |
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Significa pronominal cuando el verbo tiene SE Pronominal Burlarse No pronominal Burlar 1. Sé que reflexivo es así Me lavo 2. Verbo recíproco Nos ayudamos Ellos se hablamos 3. Verbos idiomáticos pronominales LOs verbos que cambian cuando están pronominales o no. Quote:
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Like Irmamar said "burlar" can be pronominal or not.
El gato burló al perro - the cat outwit the dog. El gato se burló del perro - the cat made fun of the dog. Using the pronoun changes the meaning. Ocupas mucho sitio - You take up a lot of space. Te ocupas de tu hogar. - You take care of your house. Los ingleses conducen por la izquierda - The English drive on the left (Ellos) se conducen de manera impropia cuando han bebido demasiado - They behave badly when they've drunk too much.
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Los verbos átonos concuerdan con los pronombre sujetos así : yo ......me tú........te él, ella, ello......se nosotros .........nos Uds and they......SE plural, ellos se burlan del bobito de la escuela, uds. (ustedes) América latina en vez de 'vos' uds. se burlan de ellos. |
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