what's the grammar of this ?
El creyo ser castillo = he thinks that's a castle. if i don't mistake ,only under the circumstance of the same subjects , that this kind of sentence can be formed . if let me to write it , i will do this : El creyo que fuera un castillo.
so can someone help me to analyze the grammar of it ? original: él se hallaron cansados y muertos de hambre, cuando vio un venta ,que él creyó ser castillo .
3 Answers
Be aware that the Spanish grammar has changed a bit in the last centuries.
The thing is:
Don Quijote saw the inn and he took it for a castle, he thought it was a castle.
And the original is:
...y, al anochecer, su rocín y él se hallaron cansados y muertos de hambre...
(...)
(...)
(...)
... cuando vio una venta, que él creyó ser castillo.
In standard Spanish:
Creyó que fuera era un castillo.
Luckily, if you're at all familiar with the story-line it will help you overcome the grammatical changes and the rather obsolete language. It's not that easy to read Shakespeare either,but if you know what happens in Hamlet, it helps a lot.. Personally, I would read an updated edition first and only later move on to the original, because it's not going to help you all that much in modern Spain. That's purely personal opinion.
él se hallaron cansados y muertos de hambre, cuando vio un venta ,que él creyó ser castillo .
Where did you read this? It looks very wrong.
