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Direct or indirect object with "querer" ?

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In Zafon's "E;l Juego Del Angel", Cristina tells David that Pedro has left her: "Me dijo que sabía que no le quiero....que cada día que paso a su lado fingiendo quererle le hago dañ0."

I expected to see the direct object pronoun "lo" here, but Zafón uses the indirect "le". Are things changing? Or does it have a slightly different meaning.

Gracias por toda ayuda.

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updated Sep 23, 2014
posted by gmyers4

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I believe this is leísmo- which is common practice in certain parts of Spain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leísmo

See the linked thread:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=972778

I love him:

Lo quiero = correcto

Le quiero = aceptable

El uso de LE en vez de LO para una persona masculina está admitido por la RAE.

I love her:

La quiero = correcto

Le quiero = incorrecto

El uso de LE en vez de LA para una persona femenina no está admitido por la RAE.

complemento directo masculino: lo / le (leísmo admitido)

complemento directo femenino: la

updated Sep 24, 2014
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
This is as opposed to ayudar, which is not leísmo when le is used, it is something different, which I won't get into again unless someone really wants to. - bosquederoble, Sep 23, 2014