How do you say, "I caught her."

Question

Here it is so far:

La semana pasada, rescaté mi hermana. Ella trepaba un árbol cuando se cayó.

Then I want to say, "But I caught her!" So would that be:

"Pero, se agarré!" or "Pero, le agarré!"

I'm mostly wondering about the "her" part of the sentence, but I'm also wondering about the verb. Is agarrar correct, or should I use coger?

Answer 1

Pero la agarré.

You caught who or what? Your sister (her). Therefore, your sister is the direct object of the sentence, and the direct object pronoun for my sister is la.

Regarding the verb, either one is correct. However I suggest you use agarré, because in some countries coger has a negative connotation.

Yes I know that is true as they use Tomar for giving directions tome (NO coge) la primera calle a la derecha - FELIZ77, Jun 5, 2010

I meant to add "in South America, including Peru where I was born" - FELIZ77, Jun 5, 2010

Direct object pronoun* ;) - maripositaxx, Jun 5, 2010

Gracias! - PoppyPatch, Jun 5, 2010

gracias maripositaxx. That is what I meant hehe. I edited it. :-) - maestraC, Jun 5, 2010

Answer 2

La sorprendí a ella haciendo eso.

La pillé a ella haciendo eso.

Answer 3

Matrimonio o escopeta de boda Tiene su repuesta, estoy jugando.

Answer 4

La agarré = I caught her

****La**** is the direct object prounoun you need to use for her

The rest I am sure you can work out for yourself

Well done for trying to work it out yourself without help

Same thing as for maestra, it's a direct object pronoun. The indirect would be le. - maripositaxx, Jun 5, 2010

Thank you! It even makes me feel better when two people agree! : ) - PoppyPatch, Jun 5, 2010

Gracias maripositaxx - FELIZ77, Jun 5, 2010