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¿Te mostró el vestido aquella vendedora? ¿Compró esas medias Sonia? These questions confuse me in their structures.

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updated Dec 18, 2014
posted by grandtheftsam

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These are not particularly complex in their structures, the objects are all just in front of the subjects.

¿Te mostró el vestido aquella vendedora?

Te= (to) you

mostró= showed (did show in a question)

el vestido= the dress

aquella vendedora= that saleswoman over there

Did that saleswoman over there show you the dress/show the dress to you?

Equivalent to ¿Te mostró aquella vendedora el vestido?

¿Compró esas medias Sonia?

Compró= bought (did buy) in a question

esas medias= those stockings

Sonia

Did Sonia buy those stockings?

It could be Did you buy those stockings Sonia? if Sonia is someone you would use usted with and you were addressing her. ¿Compró (usted) esas medias, Sonia?

Otherwise equivalent to ¿Compró Sonia esas medias?

updated Dec 18, 2014
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
Fantástico, Bosque. - Daniela2041, Dec 18, 2014
Gracias, Daniela. :) - bosquederoble, Dec 18, 2014