preposition+participle structure
I am confused by the following sentences I have heard in songs.
"me quedo" "me enamorado"
Why is it that there is a participle "me" followed by the participle? I do not know what these phrases mean, but I do know the meaning of the individual words.
1 Answer
Me in both these phrases is a reflexive personal pronoun - not a participle. It indicates the subject affected by the action, sometimes referred to as the action "done to one´s self."
A personal pronoun will have a verb following (quedo) and not a participle. The second example is not correct - it should be "Me enamoro." However, it´s possible that what you heard was "Me he enamorado". In this case it´s correct because of the auxiliary verb "he" which allows usage of the participle following .
Me quedo ...... I stay/I remain ("quedar" also has various idiomatic uses)
Me enamoro ...... I fall in love
Me he enamorado ...... I have fallen in love
