The personal a: when talking about meeting a new person
Would you use the personal a when saying "she meets a new person"
Conoce a gente nueva or conoce gente nueva
It is a specific and general person so I am unsure.
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Conoce a gente nueva or conoce gente nueva
It is a specific and general person so I am unsure.
Good question. Both are correct depending on how specific you want to present the information. Only if you know he or she is going to meet a definite group of people later on, would "a" be required.
She meets a new person (gente or persona) does not sound personal (specific) to me. It does not imply that she knows the person or has any personal feelings about them.
If the direct object is an indefinite person, the personal "a" is not used. The result is that the person becomes "depersonalized."
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The key to the personal a is that it is typically used only with specific, known or identified human beings (or animals or other things that have been personified).
Personal "A" is used when the object of a verb is a person.
gente means people, not person--> you would say--> Ellla conoce nueva persona
Ella conoce una persona nueva.