"El uno del otro" with a female

Question

Hola,

So I understand that the phrase "el uno del otro" means "each other". If the two people are one man and one woman and this is known, do I change the phrase to reflect it? ie:

Juan y María cooperar con el uno del otro o Juan y María cooperar con el uno de la otra

Muchas gracis por tu ayuda! -James

Juan y Maria "cooperan el uno con el otro" buuut isn't the same that "Juan y Maria "son el uno al otro" - 003e54f5, Aug 6, 2014

Answer 1

Hola James

I think that here you need to use reciprocal pronouns (there's a good explanation of it in the grammar section, Reciprocal verbs and pronouns.

Then, you would say:

Juan y María se cooperan bien (assuming you mean that they cooperate well).

The phrase el uno del otro does change depending on gender and also number, and I would only really use it for emphasis, as you've already said what you want to say by using the reciprocal pronoun. So for emphasis you could say:

Juan y María se cooperan (bien) el otro de la otra.

Hope this helps

Thank you very much, this is perfect! - JamesBridge, Aug 6, 2014