Dale un poquito VS dame un poquito

Question

Dale un poquito de ti a mi vida amorosa.

Dame un poquito de ti a mi vida amorosa.

I know Gekko and I have gotten into conversations regarding Dale and exactly that LE is referring to, (I know I could dig one up if I looked) but I guess "dale un poquito" is better, since it expands out with the a and appears to be the indirect objfect for "mi vida amorosa" (D.O.) If you didn't say "a mi vida amorosa" then I think dame would sound better.

Gracias.

My thought is to say:

Dame una cosita...... dale una poquita........a mi vida amorosa. It's a song.

Gracias.

Answer 1

Dame una cosita...... dale una poquita........a mi vida amorosa works don't you think?

I don't know if you can say "una poquita" since "poco" is masculine. Perhaps colloquially? Other than that, I think the phrasing works fine.

Yeah I know, I wondered about that. It's just for rhyming purposes, and I don't know how bad it might sound or if it's OK in the given context. Thanks for your help. ;) - jeezzle, Aug 9, 2011

Answer 2

The "le" in "dale" refers to the indirect object "mi vida amorosa". The "me" in "dame" refers to the indirect object "mí". You cannot have two indirect objects, so you either have:

1) Dale un poquito de ti a mi vida amorosa.

or

2) Dame (a mí) un poquito de ti.

I feel like "dame un poquito de ti" has an understood "a mi" in it already - jeezzle, Aug 9, 2011

But you see, with the "dame" way it would have a pause that would almost state a new sentence.........a mi vida amorosa, but yeah I see what you mean, with dale being better, you'd almost have to clip the sentece to use dame.........having said that...... - jeezzle, Aug 9, 2011

Dame una cosita...... dale una poquita........a mi vida amorosa works don't you think? - jeezzle, Aug 9, 2011

You're right, the "a mí" is understood and used only for emphasis. That is why I put it in parentheses. - gintar77, Aug 9, 2011

Answer 3

OMG... for a beginner, reading this makes me want to change my mind about learning...ugh!

You need to follow jeezzle around, he asks some really cool questions, stuff that's hard to dig out of a book

Hey thanks man. ;) - jeezzle, Aug 9, 2011

Answer 4

OMG... for a beginner, reading this makes me want to change my mind about learning...ugh!