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Do you like Spain? = Le gusta España? Yet using an on line translation [translation.babylon.com] Le gusta España? = He likes Spain? Te gusta España? = Do you like Spain? Seems like an error in the book! |
No, there is not any error, but please do not use online translators. They do not really help. :)
"Le" here is refering to "usted", which is a formal and respectful way to address a person. "Usted" is a you that is conjugated with third person singular. Take a look here for a discussion on the use of this pronoun. |
Muddying the waters a bit, the online translator had to make a guess about which of the third-person subject pronouns to use in the translation. Besides the formal 'you', the other third-person pronouns are 'he', 'she' or 'it'.
The Spanish pronoun 'le' is a third-person indirect object pronoun and can only be understood as 'you' in context. :) |
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