Direct Object Pronoun Placement
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Can someone please explain how I would change the sentence if the sentence is ¡Coma (el pan)! I thought it would be ¡Lo coma! but it says its wrong and it wouldn't accept my answer...
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updated Jul 1, 2013
posted by surabhi24100
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Francobollo is correct.
A command such as "Eat the bread." requires the imperative. Cómalo.
Your sentence "Lo coma" reads as "He/She eats the bread." Present tense.
"Lo coma" is a correct sentence but does not communicate the idea "Eat the bread." I hope this clarifies the difference.
updated Jul 2, 2013
posted by gringojrf
Lo coma is actually an incomplete phrase in the present subjunctive. Quiero que lo coma. Espero que lo coma. By itself lo coma means nothing. - francobollo, Jul 1, 2013
You are correct as always. Lo come is present tense. Duh. - gringojrf, Jul 1, 2013
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Cómalo (Imperative sentences using a direct object pronoun require the verb to go first followed by the direct object pronoun) Coma + lo. Putting the two words together requires adding an accent over the first o since it is an esdrújula.
updated Jul 1, 2013
posted by francobollo
