Dásela / Dale la (cosa)

Question

Do you replace le(s) with se only when using a pronoun reference? (i.e. the mention of a thing not specified)

for example:

• dale la manzana ->dásela

-dale el libro ->dáselo

Answer 1

Yes if you replace the direct object (la manzana) with its appropriate direct object pronoun (la) then the indirect object pronoun changes from le(s) to se.

This is one of the reasons that se is so confusing.

Answer 2

Dale la mansana doesn't make sense grammatically .. as you are using the direct object la manzana so the direct object pronoun is not needed, You can either say dále la manzana.. or dásela...

So Joy, Does "dale la manzana" make sense or not? :) - chileno, Oct 26, 2014