when do you use third person with me

Question

when do you use third person with me. For example me acaba. or me confunde. instead of yo acabo yo confundo

Answer 1

The above answer is correct. Perhaps a useful way to think of this is that unlike English, Spanish is a less "selfish" language, and the verbs serve as the backbone of each sentence, often performing their action on the sentence subject or in this case"you".

Answer 2

Me is the direct or indirect object pronoun, while yo is the personal pronoun (which is usually omitted in Spanish). If the verb is in the 3rd person, then the action is performed on me, or I am who the object is given to.

So you say (yo) acabo when it was you who performed the action of the verb, and me acaba when you were on the receiving end of the action.

Answer 3

We normally say "Acabo" and "Confundo", without the "yo", which is used only for some specific expressive purposes.

You use "me" when something or something does it to you or for you:

Se me acaba la cerveza = I run [or I'm running] out of beer

Esto me confunde = This confuses me