Llenaré de oro el cuarto en que estamos.

Question

Can we say "llenaré de oro el cuarto en lo que estamos", although it seems a little redundant to me? Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Adding "lo" would make the sentence grammatically incorrect. It's fine as it is.

(Sorry for the original response. I skimmed your post and misread it.)

Answer 2

Llenaré de oro el cuarto en que estamos. --- I will fill with gold the room that we are in .

"llenaré de oro el cuarto en lo que estamos" --- Now here is different. The sentence looks incomplete.

First there is no capitalization at the beginning which makes one think that it is just a fragment of a phrase. There is no period at the end either.

Therefore, I could assume the sentence means "...llenaré de oro el cuarto en lo que estamos... (comiendo?, dándonos un baño?, amándonos?) --- "... I will fill the room with gold while we are (eating? making love, etc.)

It could mean anything when we overlook punctuation and capitalization.

Thanks a lot. - zhoujian, Nov 4, 2009