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¿Puedo lo hacer? Can I do it? A request to do something, as opposed to the indicative. Statement " puedo hacerlo". Could someone please shed some light on how say this correctly Thank you

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updated Sep 18, 2011
edited by Polyglot1day
posted by Polyglot1day

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One way is to, simply, re-punctuate the statement i.e. "¿Puedo hacerlo?" (or, in speech, change your intonation). Others: "¿Lo puedo hacer_" or "¿Es que lo puedo hacer?"

updated Sep 19, 2011
posted by samdie
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¿Puedo lo hacer? is just another way of saying ?Puedo hacerlo? No difference except the location of the D.O., which is more commonly placed after the infinitive.

Puedo is in the indicative in either case.

updated Sep 19, 2011
posted by Jeremias
Are you sure about this J? - patch, Sep 18, 2011
I think "Lo puedo hacer" is the same as "Puedo hacerlo". - Tosh, Sep 18, 2011