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¿Se lo dijiste?


Premium April 01, 2013 02:31 PM

¿Se lo dijiste?
 
This is just an example, but how do I know if it's translated as "Did you tell them?" or "Did you tell him?"

By the way, Happy Easter. :D

JPablo April 01, 2013 02:46 PM

I'd go with this,

¿Se lo dijiste a ellos/ellas?

¿Se lo dijiste a él?

Yes, Happy belated Easter (it was 2 Sundays ago... don't you remember?) (Today is a very important celebration in China!)

Premium April 01, 2013 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPablo (Post 135667)
I'd go with this,

¿Se lo dijiste a ellos/ellas?

¿Se lo dijiste a él?

Yes, Happy belated Easter (it was 2 Sundays ago... don't you remember?) (Today is a very important celebration in China!)

I'm a Muslim. :D
The kids started searching for eggs and got presents yesterday. So, I thought it was yesterday.

Thank you for the answer. Strangely, the subtitle was "¿Se lo dijiste?" and meant "Did you tell them?".

AngelicaDeAlquezar April 01, 2013 04:48 PM

Only context will tell you whom the sentence is talking about. Isolated like that, it's definitely ambiguous. That is why Pablo suggested adding the pronouns. :)

JPablo April 01, 2013 04:55 PM

(By the way, I said "it was 2 Sundays ago, because today is April's Fools!)

Rusty April 01, 2013 05:36 PM

It may help if someone mentions that 'lo' is a direct object pronoun, taking the place of what was said to him/her/you/it/them.
The third-person indirect object pronoun 'se', which replaces 'le' or 'les' when there is also a third-person direct object pronoun, is ambiguous.

Premium April 02, 2013 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by JPablo (Post 135679)
(By the way, I said "it was 2 Sundays ago, because today is April's Fools!)

I totally forgot that. :)


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