still about leismo, i still don´t understand.

Question

there´s one question :

1.A Carlos lo encontré en la puerta del cine. 2.A Carlos le encontré en la puerta del cine. 3.A Ana le encontré en la puerta del cine. 4.A Ana la encontré en la puerta del cine.

in one book, it says 3rd is wrong, the rest 1.2.4 all correct.

cuz le , lo for men, only la for women, le not for women

but in another book, it says

Esa profesora habla muy rápido. No le / la comprendo.

this book said, as for direct object, for men is le and lo, for women is le and la,

so, now im confused, which book is correct?

Answer 1

It is a very good question, but the answer is that only "la comprendo" is supposed to be correct.

However, with "entender" you can either understand people, where people would be the direct object, or you can understand from people (indirect object) what they say (direct object).

No la entiendo - she is the direct object

No le entiendo (lo que dice) - she is the indirect object, while "lo que dice" is the direct one.

Some people do the same with "comprender" because both verbs are similar in meaning,

if it's for (lo que dice), can i say No LO entiendo instead of no LE entiendo? - zhmelissa, Nov 28, 2010

Answer 2

In Spain, (not Mexico) le can be used as a direct object in place of lo. (from what I understand) so le, lo for men, and la for women are correct direct object forms. However, using "A Ana le encontré en la puerta del cine." is considered correct by most people, although it is leísmo. I went over this with some friends at work tonight, even they get leísmo confused of what is right and what is leísmo and they are native.

Jeezzle, in my city in Spain NOBODY would consider "A ana le encontré" a correct sentence. - lazarus1907, Nov 28, 2010