Llevaron al herido al hospital (I think this is wrong )

Question

Hi Friends.

I read a sentence in a book today "Llevaron al herido al hospital" ... They took the injured man to the hospital..

The problem I have observed with this sentence is the use of al( a+el = al) ... Now, as far as I know, the verb llevar doesn't take any preposition like many other verbs like IR, llegar, jugar etc. do (for example .. voy a la escuela,, llegue a la escuela a tiempo, juego a futbol todos fines de semana.. etc. ) but using the verb llevar ... some examples can be : Llevo una camiseta roja ahora .. I am wearing a red T-shirt right now, si te llevas cinco kilos te hare un discuento, if you take 5 kilos I will cut you a discount, llevo mi hija a la escuela todos las dias y recojola tambien... I take my daughter to the school every day and I pick her up aswell) ..

So if we look at the above example of llevar we don't see any preposition following the verb llevar .. but I was kind of surprised to see this sentence in this book as it does use the preposition "a" (al), In my opinion it should be "llevaron el herido al hospital" and it could be a typing error ..

Can some expert kindly look into this and tell me if I am correct or is the one given in the book correct ..

Kiwi, Pablo, Chileno, Emily, Annie, Bosque, JC and other friends .. please share your valued suggestions .. thanks Thanks Jimmy

Answer 1

If the wounded person is a human being, I think you should grant him the personal 'a'.

Yes, I was just going to write the same thing, well put. - annierats, Oct 1, 2014

La semana pasada llevé a mi marido al aeropuerto de Sevilla. ( just another example) - annierats, Oct 1, 2014

There you go, how could I forget that ..hehe .. yes personal "a" is very much needed .. thanks .Castor .. How dumb of me :( - 00b055e0, Oct 1, 2014

Well said, Castor :) - FELIZ77, Oct 2, 2014

Annie, Having said that the position of the a in your example makes perfect sense - FELIZ77, Oct 3, 2014

Answer 2

llevaron el herido al hospital