What is the difference between "me alegro" and "me alegra"?

Question

As I see it, (por el momento), los dos son igual.

vi eso:

"Me alegra que te sientas bien. It makes me happy you feel good."

Y otra cosa mas, can "igual" be in plural? If it does, can you give me example?

Thanks in advence.

Answer 1

Me alegro - I am the subject and the object - alegrarse

Me alegra - Someth ing else is the object. - alegrar

Me alegro cuando oigo tu voz. - I feel happy when I hear your voice. (Littery it's something like "I happy myself")

Me alegra oir tu voz. - Hearing your voice makes me happy. (It makes me happy to hear your voice)

More explanation:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=16235

A similar verb is poner.

Me pongo nerviosa oír el ruido de mis vecinos. Mis vecinos me ponen nerviosa.

explanation - 0074b507, Jan 31, 2012

thanks - rabbitwho, Feb 1, 2012

Answer 2

The subject of me alegro would have to be yo.

The subject of me alegra would have to be él/ella/usted or "it"

Como verás en los ejemplos que estamos poniendo, el verbo alegrar(se) admite dos construcciones:

• 1)- Se usa la forma pronominal (alegrarse) cuando el sujeto es "quien siente la alegría". En este caso "lo que causa la alegría" debe ir introducido por la preposición "de":

  • Me alegro de algo --> Me alegro de que vengas.

• 2) Cuando "quien siente la alegría" es el objeto, "lo que causa la alegría" es el sujeto, por tanto no hay preposición (como en "gustar"): Me alegra algo --> Me alegra que vengas.

You example sentence:

Me alegra que te sientas bien. It makes me happy you feel good."

Oops! No need for the de. I can't even read my own reply correctly.

Cool! Just pointing out you don't always need que either, in case it wasn't clear to people. - rabbitwho, Jan 31, 2012

especially if there is no clause with a conjugated verb following it. - 0074b507, Jan 31, 2012

Answer 3

No hay dos personas iguales

Use plural adjectives with plural nouns.

Answer 4

Okay, gracias a todos!!!

Answer 5

Okay, vamos a hablar sobre estes casos:

Me alegro cuando oigo tu voz. - I feel happy when I hear your voice. (Littery it's something like "I happy myself") Me alegra oir tu voz. - Hearing your voice makes me happy. (It makes me happy to hear your voice)

In both ways 3rd person does the action and It's reflexing to me. So I don't see the differance, as I see it, it is only another formulation. isn't it?

Thank you.

No it's not. The "person (or thing) that does the action" is the subject. The thing or person receiving the action is the object. So it's very very different. - rabbitwho, Feb 1, 2012

In this phrase it doesn't matter too much, but in other situations it's going to be really important to know what is preforming the action and what isn't. - rabbitwho, Feb 1, 2012