Personal "a" or "to"?
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An audio course I'm listening to translates:
"My boss doesn't like the title."
to
"A mi jefe no le gusta el título.",
but doesn't explain the leading "A". Is it a personal "a" which usually indicates a person as a direct object, which doesn't seem to apply here, or is it the word "to", which would make the sentence,
"To my boss, him it doesn't please, the title."?
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updated Dec 8, 2012
posted by wgschultz
Cleared it up. Thanks. - wgschultz, Mar 28, 2010
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Yes, "A mi jefe" is "To my boss". The sentence could actually be a simple "No le gusta el título." (He does not like the title.) "A mi jefe" makes it clear who the "he" is. It translates to "To my boss, he does not like the title."
updated Dec 8, 2012
posted by Rikko
