Please explain "Le muerde el brazo (a Laura)."
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Please explain how this sentence works.
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updated Feb 9, 2014
posted by xktrvfs
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I don't know if this is correct but here goes:
Biting is the action. The arm is the recipient of the action, thus the direct object. Laura is the owner of the arm or the indirect object, thus the "le".
updated Feb 10, 2014
posted by gringojrf
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He/she is biting Laura's arm.
Muerde is the verb, 3rd person ( he/she /it ) is doing the action ( in this case biting) in the present , to the victim, in this case Laura. Spanish will use the 'le' in this type of sentence, don't ask me why, but it does. Also it needs the personal 'a' because Laura is a person.
updated Feb 9, 2014
posted by annierats
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