Is this a gramatically correct question?

Question

¿Compraste el palo de golf?

Answer 1

I think you need a direct object pronoun. "Lo compraste...".

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Scratch that - I confused the indirect object pronoun that has to be used, where here the direct object pronoun can be used, but isn't required.

can you elaborate a little, please? - person258, Dec 13, 2009

Answer 2

can you elaborate a little, please? - person258

If you use an indirect object (to answer "to whom", "for whom", etc) , you have to use the indirect object pronoun. For example, to say "You bought the club for her", you would say "Le compraste el palo". "Le" is the indirect object pronoun that substitutes for the phrase "for her". You can also say "Le compraste el palo para ella". "Para ella" is optional, "le" is not.

You can also substitute for a direct object (answering "bought what?"). "Compraste el palo" ("You bought the club") could be shorted by replacing the direct object with "lo". "Lo compraste" or "I bought it.

When I initially answered your question by saying that you had to add the direct object pronoun, I was getting this confused with the indirect. The direct object pronoun is optional; the indirect is not.

Thanks, that's better - person258, Dec 23, 2009