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Colocar a?
Can someone explain me why in Spanish a is used after colocar?
Here is the sentence: Comenzó a rayar el día y el pastor colocó a las ovejas en dirección al sol. In English you would say: he moved the sheep or something, I can't really get a feel of the meaning of the word a here. Thank you! |
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I'm sorry I didn't actually reply to the original question.
This is a use of the so-called "personal a" (take a look here). It's intended to be used to distinguish people, but it's very common that speakers also use it to talk about animals; it kind of gives them a different quality than that of an object. - Llevé a los niños a la escuela. - Llevé al perro al veterinario. - Llevé la ropa a la lavandería. - No toques al bebé. - No toques al gato. - No toques los platos. - El viento golpeaba a los caminantes. - El viento golpeaba a los pájaros. - El viento golpeaba las ventanas.
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