Is it correct to say Me lo olvidé?

Question

I'm trying to understand why I can't answer this question like this? Olvidaste traer el dinero? No, no me lo olvidé. When Me lo ... can go together?

What are the rules? Thank you I really need to explain this to my son, is learning Spanish but I don't know the answer.

Answer 1

The verb is "olvidar" to forget -- Olvidé mis papeles (mis llaves) (mi libro) en casa. Olvidé firmar/escribir mi nombre en la carta. (I forgot my papers (my keys) (my book) at home. (I forgot to sign/write my name on the letter.) or

"Dejar" to leave (behind) -- Dejé mis papeles (mis llaves) (mi libro) en casa. Los dejé o lo dejé en casa. (I left them or I left it or I forgot them or I forgot it at home.) or

Reflexive "Olvidarse de" to forget to do something.-- Me olvidé de firmar la carta. Me olvidé de traer mi libro. But Se me olvidó el libro (I forgot my book.)-- Se me olvidó traer mi libro. (I forgot to bring my book.) Lo dejé en la casa. (I forgot it at home.) Me lo dejé en la casa. (I left it at home.) "elduende"

Answer 2

A question:

What is the difference between "Lo olvidé" and "Me lo olvidé" ??

Answer 3

It works well with or without the lo for the reasons stated above (I don't know the rules, I just play it by ear and listen to what sounds best-- I learned Spanish by listening to other people speak so I don't know grammar rules)

Answer 4

Welcome to the forum. That looks right to me. Olvidarse is used to mean to forget something, as in this case. Normally you'd put the me in front of olvidé, but lo is the object pronoun (the money), and it goes right in front of the verb, so you say me lo olvidé.