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using ¨A¨ before an infinitive

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bigjohn
December 29, 2006, 11:56 AM
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!!

Tomisimo
December 29, 2006, 12:37 PM
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.

BTW, Bienvenido a los foros!

ChadH
January 19, 2007, 04:36 PM
Is this the "personal A" that they talk about?

sosia
January 22, 2007, 07:34 AM
No, the "personal A" its when the direct object is a person
info
http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/persa.htm

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)


saludos