'te lo'

'te lo'
 

I'm confused. Can someone translate the phrase 'no te lo puedo creer' and I'd also like to know how 'te lo' is used.

Shan't it be "no te puedo creer"?

"Te" here is an indirect object pronoun (dative), and "lo" is a direct object pronoun (accusative). My instinct is that this is the ethical dative: this sentence could be written as "No lo puedo creer" - "I can't believe it" - but adds a dative to show a relationship. Depending on context (does the person saying it consider you trustworthy?) I might translate it as "I can't believe that, coming from you" or "I can't believe that, even coming from you".

Exactly right.

I can't believe it, even coming from you.

That was clear, thank you. :)

I've heard "no lo puedo creer" or "no me lo puedo creer" or "no te creo/no te puedo creer". But it's the first time I've seen "no te lo puedo creer". :thinking:

I heard it on this song.

A sentence in a song doesn't mean that it's grammatically correct. "No poderse creer" is equivalent to "no creerse" that would be the verb "creer" used in a pronominal way. As in pronominal verbs the pronoun must agree in person with subject, the correct sentence would be: "no me lo puedo creer / no me lo creo". In the former sentence "te" would be used as an indirect object, which is not possible in this case with a pronominal verb.

Maybe it's widely used, I don't question that. I'm just saying that it's not grammatically correct (in my opinion). :)