"yo se lo daré ¨

Question

Hi all ,

Here is the sentence from my textbook,

Juan es mi amigo.Como le gusta mucho este diccionaria, yo se lo daré.

i don´t know why I canno say ¨ yo le lo daré¨, what is the meaning of ´se ´here ?

Thanks very much.

damaz.

• diccionario - qfreed Feb 23, 2010
• thx, my mistake ! - damazcuz Feb 23, 2010

Answer 1

You can't use two la sounds together. In a situation where you will have "le lo" or "le la" etc... you have to change "le" to "se". It's one of the many rules. "se lo" just flows a lot better than "le lo".

Answer 2

thx jezzle, now i got it !