Dios me la bendiga

Question

I am reading a book and I don't get a couple of lines. Father and daughter are talking on the phone. At the end of the call the daughter says "¿Bendición?" and the father replies "Dios me la bendiga." is the father saying "God bless me" ? What is the "la" referring to?

Answer 1

That makes more sense but now the "me" doesn't.

Que Dios me la bendiga.

Let God bless her (my she-baby) for me.

(que) Dios la (mi bebe) bendiga para mi (me)

Make sense now?

Nice explanation, Jack - 005faa61, Jul 12, 2011

Thank you :~) - Jack-OBrien, Jul 12, 2011

Yes, thank you. - Arturo987, Jul 12, 2011

Answer 2

Hi, "Dios me la bendiga." means "God, bless to her" The father is asking for blessing to her. Im not a teacher, Im mexican so I undesrtand spanish, hehe.

That makes more sense but now the "me" doesn't. - Arturo987, Jul 12, 2011

A huevo que sí :- ) - 005faa61, Jul 12, 2011

Answer 3

Cariño

The phrases related to blessing are always difficult for me to understand. It would be helpful to know the context of the conversation prior to this phrase, but I'm going to give it a try.

In this phrase, I believe "me" is the indirect object pronoun and "la" is the direct object pronoun. "Bendiga" is the verb. If that is true, the phrase should translate something like "God give/gave me the blessing".

I may be totally wrong. It's just a guess.

Well, it was a guess, obviously wrong. Sorry about that.

Answer 4

Que Dios me la bendiga.

Let God bless her (my she-baby) for me.

(que) Dios la (mi bebe) bendiga para mi (me)

Make sense now?

Jack is absolutely right. Nevertheless I would like to add something.

I think that in this case father and daughter adress each other as "usted", i.e. formallly. Then father would say:

Que Dios la bendiga (a usted, mi hija).

Let God bless you.

Or in this case:

Que Dios me la bendiga (a usted, por mí).

Gracias por esto, ni siquiera estuve pensando en hablar formalmente. - Jack-OBrien, Jul 12, 2011