Dime si mi pastor Mario te escribio.

Question

I am wondering if someone said to me the following statement: Dime si mi pastor Mario te escribio.

I translated it on spanishdict, but I am wondering if it says:

If my Pastor Mario wrote you (meaning if the pastor has written me)

or

If my Pastor Mario you wrote( meaning if I wrote the PAstor)

little confused as to which is the meaning.

(what is' dime' mean? can't find it in my spanish dictonary.)

thank

Answer 1

Di is the tú form of the imperative for the verb "decir" (to speak / tell). The Spanish dime = di + me, which means "(you) tell me." Spanish can stick some pronouns on the end of its verbs, which is confusing if you don't know what's happening.

Escribio should be escribió, which means "he wrote". Also "te" is the indirect object form of "tú", indicating that you are being written to.

So, I believe the sentence means "Tell me whether my pastor Mario wrote to you."

I could be wrong because I am new to Spanish, but I want to try it anyway. If the person had intended to write "Tell me whether you wrote to my pastor Mario", I believe the Spanish would be something like "Dime si le escribiste a mi pastor Mario."

Sounds like a perfect explanation to me. - 0074b507, Aug 28, 2009

With if clauses it's usually whether you use the indicative or the subjunctive, no one ever mentions the imperative in the main clause. - 0074b507, Aug 28, 2009