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This should be al or el?


michaelbr January 24, 2014 04:43 AM
This should be al or el?
 
In this sentence "Ellos dejan al perro dormir en su cama", why perro has A in front of EL? I thought perro is direct object of DEJAR. Can someone explain to me, please?

Thanks

Rusty January 24, 2014 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by michaelbr (Post 146482)
In the sentence "Ellos dejan al perro dormir en su cama", why does perro have an A in front of EL? I thought perro was a direct object of DEJAR. Can someone explain this to me, please?

Thanks.
The 'perro' is the indirect object in this sentence. 'Dejar' takes both a direct object - 'dormir en su cama' - and an indirect object - 'al perro'.

What is allowed? - Sleeping
To whom is it allowed? - the dog

michaelbr January 24, 2014 05:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 146485)
The 'perro' is the indirect object in this sentence. 'Dejar' takes both a direct object - 'dormir en su cama' - and an indirect object - 'al perro'.

What is allowed? - Sleeping
To whom is it allowed? - the dog
Thanks so much for your reply, I had switched direct and indirect object.
ps: thanks also for pointing my English grammar :thumbsup:


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