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Equis
January 09, 2010, 05:51 PM
Can someone explain to me how "lo's" work with expressions. I know how to use it as a direct object pronoun. ie. ' lo comí '. But there are expressions is spanish that I see like 'lo mejor' 'lo más'. How do these work ? Thank You

Rusty
January 09, 2010, 06:53 PM
In the instances you cited, lo is a neuter article. It is being used to make a noun out of an adjective.
lo mejor = the best thing
lo importante = the important thing
lo siguiente = the following thing

CrOtALiTo
January 09, 2010, 07:15 PM
The worse

Lo peor.

Equis
January 09, 2010, 07:48 PM
so does this make sense

lo importante es que aprendo espanol

AngelicaDeAlquezar
January 09, 2010, 08:02 PM
so does this make sense

lo importante es que aprendo español

:thumbsup: Good one

You can use the dropdown menu for writing Spanish accents and characters. "N" is definitely not the same as "ñ". :)

chileno
January 09, 2010, 11:08 PM
It also means "it"

I ate it = (Yo) lo comí.

Eat it! = ¡Cómelo!

Equis
January 10, 2010, 10:20 AM
gracias a todos. me ayudaron mucho

Fazor
January 13, 2010, 08:45 AM
¡Esta comida es lo peor! No quiero comerlo.

Creo que estoy haciendo mejor de usando 'lo', pero aún no sé donde y cuando puedo usarlo todos los tiempos.

poli
January 13, 2010, 09:29 AM
Yes lo can mean that which is, and it's used more commonly than that which is .

AngelicaDeAlquezar
January 13, 2010, 10:50 AM
¡Esta comida es lo peor!:good: No quiero comerla.

Creo que lo estoy haciendo mejor de usando al usar 'lo', pero aún no sé dónde y cuándo puedo usarlo todos los tiempos.

Keeping "all the time" would need a different sentence: "...pero no siempre sé dónde y cuándo puedo usarlo".


You actually have an accurate idea. Practice makes better. :)

Fazor
January 13, 2010, 11:49 AM
Creo que lo estoy haciendo mejor de usando al usar 'lo'

Per the discussion in another thread, a more accurate translation of what I was trying to say would probably be:

Creo que estoy mejorando al usar 'lo'.

As for the lo/la/los/las thing, that's something I'm still pretty awful with. Not that I don't understand it, but it's just something we don't have to think about in English.

chileno
January 13, 2010, 12:40 PM
per the discussion in another thread, a more accurate translation of what i was trying to say would probably be:

creo que estoy mejorando el uso de 'lo'.

as for the lo/la/los/las thing, that's something i'm still pretty awful with. Not that i don't understand it, but it's just something we don't have to think about in english.


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CrOtALiTo
January 14, 2010, 09:33 AM
:)

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:)

Yes probably is more accurate your commentary about the use of Lo.

Creo que estoy mejorando en el uso de LO.