"He was only trying to protect her"
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How do you say "he was only trying to protect her" in Spanish? Do you use double object pronouns?
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updated Dec 19, 2010
posted by freeorpheus
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The two that come to mind are "Solo estaba tratando de protegerla" and "Solo intentaba protegerla. Why would you use double object pronouns? Of course I could be wrong, my usual disclaimer.
updated Dec 19, 2010
posted by jeezzle
Also, (just to confuse things) it could be "solo trataba de protegerla," I guess. And I usually use a similar disclaimer. - webdunce, Dec 19, 2010
lol, that's true. Trataba. - jeezzle, Dec 19, 2010
My head hurts so much -__- - freeorpheus, Dec 19, 2010
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No. In almost all circumstances, you would not write "he," which is the subject pronoun of "was trying". Her is the object of "to protect."
Solo intentaba protegerla.
If, for some reason you were going to write he (which you probably shouldn't here), it would be...
Él solo intentaba protegerla.
updated Dec 19, 2010
edited by webdunce
posted by webdunce
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Have you tried the Translation feature here?
Simply type in your sentence and it will give you 3 translations.
I tried it. It works great for your sentence.
updated Dec 19, 2010
posted by Echoline
