grammar help

Question

—¿Le doy la comida al bebé? —No, no le _____ la comida todavía.

A. doy

B. das

C. da

D. des

I thought the answer was A

Is the correct answer D.

grammar ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 19, 2012

Answer 1

Nope. It's not A. Run your sentence and answers through the dictionary and try again.

Answer 2

A good place to start is probably to make sure that you understand the English translations:

So the first part says -

¿Le doy la comida al bebé? Shall I feed the baby? lit Do I give the food to the baby?

I take it you're learning the command forms?

In your example the answer starts with 'no' so it's a negative command, so if you translate the answer to English you'll see that there's only one option.

Affirmative Give! (tú) da, (él, Ud) dé, (nosotros) demos, (vosotros) dad, (ellos, Uds) den

Negative Don't give! (tú) no des (él, Ud) no dé, (nosotros) no demos , (vosotros) no deis, (ellos, Uds) no den