Question about the verb 'to drop'

Question

Just checking if this is correct, because I've had lots of different translations for it...

In physical education I often dropped the ball and it was embarrasing...En la educacion fisica a menudo me dejaba caer la pelota y iba vergonzoso. (this is for my spanish oral in case anyone is wondering, have to learn lots of phrases like this...so this will no doubt not be my last question.)

Answer 1

For "to drop2 you could say "se me cayó" el balón muchas veces

buena respuesta - 00494d19, May 4, 2011

Thank you for your help :) - melissa1992, May 4, 2011

"muchas veces" indicates that you should use "se me caía" - 005faa61, May 4, 2011

Answer 2

Hi! One correct translation can be: "En educación física a menudo dejaba caer (or se me caía) la pelota y eso era vergonzoso."

When you say "en" before a subject, you don't have to use "la / el". For ex. En química... En matemáticas... Etc.

"me dejaba caer la pelota", if you use "me" before a verb then that verb affect to me. In this case sounds like "yo me dejaba caer". I fall, not the ball.

... that verb affects me - samdie, May 5, 2011

thankyou!!:) - melissa1992, May 5, 2011

wait the only thins i don't get there is how come 'se me caia' can have 'me' infront of it...I am so confused with reflexive pronouns and direct/indirect object pronouns :( and what is the 'se' there for? does it need to be there? - melissa1992, May 5, 2011

Well... I don't study languages, so I don't know much about "direct/indirect object" and those things. I'm sorry but I just can tell you if you wrote it good or bad :/ - ale_rd, May 5, 2011

Answer 3

me daba vergüenza