Alternate construction of «cayeron los libros.»
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Do these two sentences translate with exactly the same meaning?
«Se te cayeron los libros.» You dropped your books. ???? «Se cayeron los libros suyos.»
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updated Dec 30, 2010
posted by Otravez
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"Se te cayeron los libros" is fine when you want to say: you (tú) dropped your books. "Se cayeron tus libros" is what you say if they fell independent of you (tú) dropping them. "Se cayeron sus libros" is related to: los libros de él, los libros de ella, los libros de usted, los libros de ustedes o los libros de ellos.
Hence, "se cayeron los libros suyos" is incorrect. The two sentences above translate quite differently.
updated Dec 30, 2010
edited by pacofinkler
posted by pacofinkler
¿Entonces "suyos" no nos da informacion especifico sobre quien es la persona involucrado? - Otravez, Dec 28, 2010
"suyos" is a possesive pronoun. The sentence calls for a possesive adjective. - samdie, Dec 29, 2010
Samdie: The Spanish Dict dictionary does not even acknowledge that "suyos" is a pronoun. However, Word Reference shows it to be both a possessive pronoun and a possessive adjective. "Vinieron a visitarle unos amigos suyos." - Otravez, Dec 30, 2010
