"Tengo que irlo a ver"?

Question

I suggested an Ecuadorian friend see a movie that I really liked, and he responded:

"si tengo q irlo a ver, me dijeron q estaba buena"

This seems ungrammatical to me. I would have said:

"Si, tengo que ir a verla"

Am I being pedantic here?

Thanks, Andrew

Answer 1

Oh, I am seeing he used irlo a ver...and estaba buena

Very strane, should be

ir a verla , era buena

Answer 2

No, silver, well observed, welcome to the forum

it should be like you said, but you know....people tend to use shortened forms

Answer 3

"si tengo q irlo a ver, me dijeron q estaba buena" Vs ( o ) "Si, tengo que ir a verla"

Well, your sentance is grammatically correct and that is how I also would have said it. However I am not sufficiently conversantt/familiar with all the nuances of colloquial speech to know if his construction is an acceptable variation of the norm

Hopefully, someone like Heidita, Gekkosan, Guillerrmo or Benz might be able to help us with this one

Lol Heidita I was probably writing my post at the same time as you

oh, thanks for mentioning me too, feliz;) - 00494d19, Jul 23, 2010

no hay de que amiga :) - FELIZ77, Jul 23, 2010