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grammer question - switching first and third person verbs

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me llamó mentiroso = "he called me a liar" or (me he called a liar)

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"él llamé mentiroso" mean the same thing/make sense? or would i sound like a foreigner?

Thanks,

Dillon

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updated Nov 17, 2009
posted by dlennox
grammar; not grammer - 0074b507, Nov 17, 2009

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I guess that would mean "i called him a liar" wouldnt it?

No, it would not. It does not make sense.

"él" is a subject pronoun and cannot mean "him".

Le o lo llamé (a él) mentiroso. (lo or le depending on region-usually lo)

updated Nov 17, 2009
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
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Yo creo que es esto..

This is just one way one could say it.

él me llamó un mentiroso= He called me a liar

"él me llamé un mentiroso"= "he i called me a liar." This is not grammatically correct. No tiene sentido.

Llamé= I called Llamó= He called

updated Nov 17, 2009
edited by aplotkin
posted by aplotkin
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I guess that would mean "i called him a liar" wouldnt it?

updated Nov 17, 2009
posted by dlennox