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Old July 19, 2016, 01:48 PM
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"I will make my nephew carry it"

What are different (normal, customary) ways to say "I will make my nephew carry it."

"Le voy hacer cargarlo."
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Voy a mandar que mi sobrino lo lleve
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"Voy a hacer que lo lleve mi sobrino" (as we would say in Spain).
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"Voy a hacer que lo lleve mi sobrino" (as we would say in Spain).
My response to that is. ¿Qué haces? ¿Cupcakes o pepitas de oro?

I think you can also say something similar completely evading the subjunctive. It's something like (and I hope someone corrects me if I'm wrong)A mi sobrino voy a mandar llevarlo
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My response to that is. ¿Qué haces? ¿Cupcakes o pepitas de oro?

I think you can also say something similar completely evading the subjunctive. It's something like (and I hope someone corrects me if I'm wrong)A mi sobrino voy a mandar llevarlo
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"I will pitch the cow over the fence some hay!"

As the "German" grammar would go...

"A mi sobrino voy a mandar llevarlo" is not something I would hear from any Spaniard that I know. I could maybe heard it at a play, as if in trying to make it rhyme or something like that.

"Le ordeno a mi sobrino que lo lleve".
"Hago que mi sobrino lo lleve... y él lo lleva".

Pero mi orden es "subjuntiva", por muy imperioso que yo quiera ser, sigue siendo algo que todavía no ha ocurrido...
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I certainly had my doubts about that too, but I have heard verb + infinitive replace the subjunctive in some cases.
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"A mi sobrino voy a mandar llevarlo" means unequivocally that you are to send other people to take you nephew somewhere.

"voy a mandarle (ordenarle) a mi sobrino que lo lleve (cargue)"
"te lo voy a mandar (enviar) con mi sobrino"

I will make my nephew carry it = haré que mi sobrino lo cargue/transporte
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Voy hacer que mi sobrino lo carge.
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Voy hacer que mi sobrino lo cargue.
Yes, but what is "it"?

I'd normally use "llevar" for "carry", but contextual information is key...

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/tr...-spanish/carry
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'Ir' is always followed by the preposition 'a'.
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