I sold it to you
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Is this correct - Te lo vendí
None of the translators gave me this translation. Instead I saw lo vendí a usted.
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updated Nov 16, 2010
posted by croberts
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They're both correct depending on who you're speaking to.
Hmm, I'm sorry but I disagree. "Te lo vendí" is correct, but "lo vendí a usted" is not correct.
The formal way for saying it would be "se lo vendí".
updated Nov 16, 2010
posted by cogumela
Fair to say... But does that distinguish it from "I sold it to him/her"? I thought the "a usted" was necessary... ??? - skygoneblue, Nov 16, 2010
You can add "a usted", but the indirect object pronoun is manditory. - pesta, Nov 16, 2010
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They're both correct depending on who you're speaking to. "Usted" is a more formal, respectful tense that's used in Spanish. But, speaking to someone with whom you're well acquainted, the first one "Te lo vendi" is perfectly acceptable.
updated Nov 16, 2010
posted by skygoneblue
"whom you're speaking to" unless, of course, you want to sound like the typical American speaker. - samdie, Nov 16, 2010
