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April 01, 2013, 02:31 PM
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¿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. 
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I'd be very thankful, if you'd correct my mistakes in English/Spanish. Last edited by Premium; April 01, 2013 at 02:36 PM. 
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April 01, 2013, 02:46 PM
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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!)
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you."
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April 01, 2013, 02:56 PM
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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?".
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April 01, 2013, 04:48 PM
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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.
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April 01, 2013, 04:55 PM
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(By the way, I said "it was 2 Sundays ago, because today is April's Fools!)
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you."
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April 01, 2013, 05:36 PM
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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.
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April 02, 2013, 02:05 AM
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