Estoy confundido acerca de múltiples traducciones

Question

Estoy estudiando lección 2.7 y estoy confundido acerca la frase y su traduccion.

Pilar le dio una manzana al oso. = Pilar gave an apple to the bear. OR Pilar gave the bear an apple.

Pilar gave an apple to the bear. = Pilar le dio una manzana al oso. OR pilar dio el oso una manzana.

Can the sentences be translated both ways and still convey the same meaning? The main difference that I see is whether I want to use an indirect object.

I know this is a basic question but I would like to get it straight in my mind. Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Your second example "pilar dio el oso una manzana." does not look right to me. Without the "a" and the "le", you can't really tell who gave what to whom.

Thanks. I wasn't certain whether I could convey the meaning of the sentence without an indirect object pronoun - looks like I can't. - alice_m, Feb 1, 2010

Answer 2

1pilar le dio una manzana al oso or 2 pilar le dio al oso una manzana or even 3 al oso le dio una manzana pilar or even 4 una manzana al oso le dio pilar or even 5 una manzana le dio pilar al oso in short in spanish the order doesnt change the meaning oof the sentence as long as you write it in a correct way I mean with a correct grammar now for the most part we use the first one or the second one as a second order of priority so dont get confused only use the first or the second one dont use the rest they are still correct but useless ok vote me hans