Luis hace pregunta a su padre, el padre la explica.Is this correct?

Question

In English:

There are lots of new words. Luis ask his father questions, and his father answers him.

1.Hay muchas palabras nuevas.Luis hace pregunta a su padre, y el padre la explica.

2.Hay muchas palabras nuevas.Luis hace pregunta a su padre, y el padre la explica.a él.

I haven't studied past tense yet, only present tense. so, is my translation correct? Which is better?

Why 'explicar' and not 'contestar' here? Unless you intended to mean 'and his father explains to him'. Also, do you want question or questionS? - galsally, Sep 7, 2011

Answer 1

They substitute for le / les. Function: indirect object Personal pronoun is used as a substitute for LE SE, (indirect object) when a pronoun immediately follows LO, LA, LOS, LAS in direct object function. Appears le/les them if the direct object is a noun phrase or Substantive Proposal: • I gave.

In this site you can an explanation of the uses of 'se' in spanish. http://mimosa.pntic.mec.es/ajuan3/lengua/usosdese.htm

They appear le/les if the direct..., you can find an... Minor English corrections, I hope you don't mind. - swampy, Sep 7, 2011

Answer 2

El padre se la explica. Is it El padre le la explica? And because it is le and la together, so, change into Se?

Correct :) - Deanski, Sep 7, 2011

Answer 3

I write better :

1.Hay muchas palabras nuevas.Luis le hace una pregunta a su padre, y el padre se la explica.