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Ahora ya sé que lo eres
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Dudaba que fueses bonita: ahora ya sé que lo eres. Why lo, not la? |
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Lo que / or less commonly que lo means that which. La would be completely wrong. You could leave out the lo, but that would change the meaning, and that would make it less ambiguous. (now I see that you are).
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Me ayuda si corrige mis errores. Gracias. Last edited by poli; November 12, 2021 at 08:22 PM. |
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The object pronoun "lo" does double duty: a. "Lo" can refer to anything that is identified explicitly or implicitly by a masculine singular noun. In this case, "lo" is a masculine singular pronoun. b. "Lo" can refer to any concept, idea, or phrase that is not or that cannot easily be identified by a specific noun. In this case, "lo" is a neuter pronoun. In your sentence "(que) fueses "bonita" is not a noun: it's a verb phrase that expresses a concept, and verb phrases do not have either gender or number. As there is no noun that exactly represents that concept expressed by "(que) fueses bonita", the only object pronoun that can refer to "(que) fueses bonita" is "lo" in its capacity as a neuter pronoun. Last edited by wrholt; November 12, 2021 at 08:37 PM. |
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Thank you very much, wrholt! I've had a hard time trying to link a pronoun to bonita
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