me lleva or me llevo?

Question

María: ¿Te lleva a ti mucho tiempo prepararte?

René: Sí, me lleva mucho tiempo prepararme. ¿Y a ti?

María: A mi me lleva poco tiempo prepararme. Después de levantarme, en quince

minutos me ducho, me visto y me cepillo los dientes.

René: A mí me lleva una hora prepararme.

Is me lleva correct in these sentences?

I'm only setting the ball roling, Swampy. I think it's llevo.. - annierats, Mar 19, 2013

Thanks, annierats! - swampy, Mar 19, 2013

Very helpful question. - katydew, Mar 20, 2013

Answer 1

Llevar should be conjugated to the subject, ie "¿Llevas mucho tiempo para prepararte?" / "¿Normalmente llevas mucho tiempo preparándote?"

In time situations, many times llevar indicates an action that has already been in motion, ie: "llevo dos horas esperándote" so the person has been and still is wating. So to avoid confusion in your examples, I would say "Normalmente llevas ............" if "para" plus infinitive is not used.

Yes, I was thinking on thsoe lines, thanks. - annierats, Mar 19, 2013

Answer 2

Maybe I figured it out. Not sure though.

Me llevo - I take

Me lleva - It takes me. Lleva = it

The 2nd is correct. On the 1st, "me" is not necessary - 005faa61, Mar 19, 2013

Great, thanks! I paid money for that lesson and wanted to be sure I knew what was going on. - swampy, Mar 19, 2013

Jejejeje. I do love simplification. Even I can understand this. - katydew, Mar 20, 2013

Answer 3

Maybe:

Llevo mucho tiempo prepararándome.

Please, this is only a suggestion, more will come, I'm only a learner.

No sólo guapas y altas, sino las vikingas son bien listas :-) - 005faa61, Mar 19, 2013