Direct Object Le & Les
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Is there a such thing ? I read a Wikipedia article claiming so. With the less than reputable stigma of Wikipedia, I wanted this confirmed. The Verbs Pegar and Golpear seem to use the Le and Les Direct object pronouns. For example: I hit him/her is " Le Pegue", "Le golpeé". Lo/La would appear to fit better. Is this a case of the Le, Les acting as a D.O. ?
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updated May 31, 2011
posted by Politically_Correct1
Welcome to the forum, :) - 00494d19, May 31, 2011
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This is correct, le and les are object pronouns, in theory only sing/plural for indirect objects.
But here in Spain we use them for persons as direct object, this is an "accepted" mistake, called leísmo, you can read about that on the web
updated May 31, 2011
posted by 00494d19
WOW Great ! Thanks. Would using "Lo" or "La" be understood by a native in a case of a "leismo" and is it commonly used in Latin American Spanish ? - Politically_Correct1, May 31, 2011
