Lo traeré para ayudarle.

Question

John speaks Spanish. I will get him to help you.

Juan habla español. Lo traeré para ayudarle.

Mary speaks Spanish. I will get her to help them.

María habla español. La traeré para ayudarles.

Are my Spanish translations correct? Muchas gracias!

Answer 1

I think this might be what Silvia61 is referring to?

Leísmo ("using le") is a dialectal variation in the Spanish language that occurs largely in Spain. It involves using the indirect object pronoun le in place of the (standard) masculine direct object pronoun lo, especially when the direct object refers to a male person.

Leísmo with animate objects is both common and prescriptively accepted in many dialects spoken in Spain, but uncommon in most others.

Leísmo is always rejected in linguistic prescription when the direct object to which it refers is not an animate object.

Examples:

-- Veo al chico ("I see the boy") ? Lo veo (standard Spanish, with lo)
-- Veo al chico ("I see the boy") ? Le veo (leísmo, common in Spain; other regions prefer lo veo)
-- Veo el árbol ("I see the tree") ? Le veo (not accepted in linguistic prescription — the tree is not a person)

Answer 2

In the second sentences, I think the connotation is more "I will persuade him to help you". In using "traer", it's more like you are physically going to bring him there to help you.

I'm not 100% certain of this, but perhaps "Le persuadiré de ayudarte." I will convince him to help you.

I am pretty sure that is what www.123teachme was meaning.The use of "will persuade" is nice, too! - bandit51jd, Jul 20, 2012

Answer 3

Hi I dont know who did the translation but ayudarle is not right, the end el is called leismo, the right word is ayudarlo,the leismo is such a common mistake that is being accepted for the Academia de Lengua Espanola, but if you are teaching Spanish you should use the " perfect" translation not using something that is such a common mistake that finally is all right to use it, but basically your translation are right

I think I understand the "leismo" better! Muchas gracias! - bandit51jd, Jul 20, 2012

Answer 4

Hey, Bandita.

"Traer" is to physically and bodily bring someone somewhere and it sounds funny in this context.

I will get him to help you.

Le hablaré para ayudarle a usted (I'll speak to him about helping you) (Not sure about putting in the usted to clear up ambiguity)

Que él le ayude (A sort of wish and hope that he helps you, but more like "He'll help you.")

Le pido su ayuda (I'll ask for his help)

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Anyone else? This is a tough one.

Mariana, you´re right - "traer" here would sound very strange. The most common way to say this is "Le pediré que te ayude" - 005faa61, Jul 20, 2012

Thanks so much, Julian! This one was tough for me. - --Mariana--, Jul 20, 2012

Muchas gracias Mariana y Julian! - bandit51jd, Jul 20, 2012