Me pone un café. Why it's pone? Is it ponerse?

Question

Me pone un café. Why it's pone? Is it ponerse? How to say to él,ella,usted,nos,os, ustedes,ellos, ellas? Is it to él = le pone to ella = le pone to usted = le pone to nos = nos pone to os = os pone to ustedes = les pone to ellos = les pone to ellas = les pone is it correct'? or to él = le pone OR lo pone to ella = la pone to ellos = les pone or los pone to ellas = las pone

Answer 1

If I talk to two waiters, should I say Me ponéis un café?

Yes. You can definitely say that. It is 100% correct. That sentence is telling the two waiters to bring you a coffee.

I think you've got it!

Muchas gracias, I think I did too. :) - zhmelissa, Jan 9, 2011

De nada. :-) - webdunce, Jan 9, 2011

Answer 2

Yes, it helps, but one more question, can I say Me pones un café? Instead of pone?

Yes. You can say that if the person you are asking to bring the coffee is someone that you would call tú and not usted.

If I talk to two waiters, should I say Me ponéis un café? - zhmelissa, Jan 9, 2011

Answer 3

So, does it mean, no matter what subjects, yo,tú,él,ella,usted,nos,os,ustedes,ellos,ellas, always use pone?

The subject is always the person who will bring you the coffee. This is usually a waiter in a restaurant.

The person or people asking for the coffee are the indirect objects in the sentence.

So, no, it will not always be pone (but it usually will be). But it is important to realize that the people who are asking for the coffee are NOT the subject of the sentence.

Remember, the sentence "¿me pone un café?" literally means "¿you put me a coffee (on the table)?"

Since the person who will be bring the coffee is usually a waiter, the subject will usually be usted, but because Spanish usually leaves out the subject, you usually won't see the usted in the sentence.

Consider this dialog in a restaurant...

People in a restaurant [talking to waiter]: ¿Nos pone cafés?

Waiter: Sí, se pongo cafés. ¿Necesitan algo más?

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Now consider this conversation between a husband and a wife...

Husband: ¿Cielo, me pones un café?

Wife: No te pongo un café ahora. No lo puedo. Ya cuido el bebé.

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Does that help?

Yes, it helps, but one more question, can I say Me pones un café? Instead of pone? - zhmelissa, Jan 9, 2011

Answer 4

But I doubt "Ponerse" not exists

Ponerse exists, but it is not being used in the sentence "Me pone un café." That is only poner in that sentence.

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How to say Can they (ellos) have a coffee? Can they (ellas) have a coffee? Can we have a coffee?

When you use poner like this, it used just like the English "can I have a coffee?" but it literally means "Will you put a coffee (on the table) for me?"

Can you give them coffees, please? = ¿Les pone (usted) cafés?

Can we have coffee, please? = ¿Nos pone (usted) cafés?

You wouldn't actually say the usted, but I put that there so you can see that we are speaking to a waiter and asking him to bring us coffees. The waiter is the usted in the sentence. The waiter will "pone" the coffees for us, them, me, or whoever.

Does that help? I know it can be a confusing sometimes.

So, does it mean, no matter what subjects, yo,tú,él,ella,usted,nos,os,ustedes,ellos,ellas, always use pone? - zhmelissa, Jan 9, 2011

Answer 5

Web is right, the verb here is poner, though your conjugation fits the case, melissa, as it is poner as "in put in front of you", as we use it here when we ask for a coffee

¿Me pone un café? Can I have a coffee please?

Le pone un café? can you give him/her a coffee please?

How to say Can they (ellos) have a coffee? Can they (ellas) have a coffee? Can we have a coffee? - zhmelissa, Jan 9, 2011

Answer 6

I don't think it means "I want a coffee"; I think it means "He gives me a coffee." I think the idea is that he puts a coffee on the table in front of her, but I am not completely sure and could be wrong about that because poner can have so many meanings.

However, I am certain that it is not an example of ponerse. Ponerse (in present indicative tenses) looks like this...

Me pongo

Te pones

Se pone

Nos ponemos

Os poneís

Se ponen

In other words, you use the reflexive pronoun that corresponds to the grammatical person (I, you, he, she, it, we, you all, or they) represented by the verb's conjugation.

For example, ponen is third person plural (ellos, ellas, or ustedes). The corresponding reflexive pronoun for all of those is "se." Therefore, ponerse in the third person plural present indicative is "se ponen."

For another example, pongo is first person singular (yo). The corresponding reflexive pronoun is "me." Therefore, ponerse in the first person singular present indicative is "me pongo."

If you find it confusing or you forget, you can look up the conjugation of any pronomial verb, like the conjugation of ponerse.

Cheers.

But I doubt "Ponerse" not exists. - zhmelissa, Jan 9, 2011

Answer 7

I'm not sure what you're trying to ask. Write what you want to say in English, if possible. Or go to the top of the page to the menu: More , and scroll down to conjugation to conjugate poner

I mean to say , I want a cup of coffee is me pone un cafe, if I say , she wants a coffee o he wants a coffee or We want coffees, You want coffees,They want coffees,how to say? - zhmelissa, Jan 9, 2011