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Le ruego me disculpe

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Hello everyone! I saw in a dictionary that "Please accept my apologies" is translated as "Le ruego me disculpe". I tried to understand the structure of this sentence but it is beyond me. The verb disculpar is in the subjunctive mood, right? Then why is there no que in the sentence. A few days ago, in some answers to a question about the subjunctive, someone said the subjunctive is used when the two subjects are different. In this case, they are different, right? Can't we say "Le ruego que me disculpe"? Is this correct or am I just missing something? Thanks in advance. smile

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updated Feb 20, 2012
posted by lydianish1
I would say, "le ruego que me disculpe." - martha-sd, Feb 20, 2012

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Yeah, in the dictionary entry for rogar, I see other examples in which the que is in parenthesis.

Le ruego (que) me perdone (I beg your pardon).

I guess, at times, one can leave out the que...maybe it is common to do so in some phrases.

That's me guessing, of course.

updated Feb 21, 2012
posted by webdunce
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Le ( you formal) reugo (i beg from rogar) que (that) me (me) disculpe( you forgive subjunctive because i dont know if you will forgive) disculpe is also formal command for you

updated Feb 20, 2012
posted by warrenmarshall
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My understanding of the subjunctive is limited, but I believe it is used here because of the doubt expressed by "ruego". "Le ruego que me disculpe" makes sense to me. I would imagine a native speaker would have no problem understanding it. I wonder if it would sound normal?

Corrections are appreciated.

updated Feb 20, 2012
edited by ciscocaja
posted by ciscocaja
"ruego" does indicate doubt for me & subjunctive definitely for me also - HowardO, Feb 20, 2012