Third person singular, direct object pronouns
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"Lo/le detuvieron y lo/le llevaron a comisaría". Are the personal pronouns 'lo' and 'le' equally correct in this sentence. (The context in which I found the sentence gave 'lo' in each instance).
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updated Feb 17, 2015
posted by mocleirigh
Hi mocleirigh..Please add your language proficiency to your profile. Gracias. :) - rac1, Feb 16, 2015
Thank you, rac1. I wonder if my uncertainty arises because of some variations in usage between the Spanish of Latin America and of Spain. My proficiency in Spanish is about intermediate but I have not seen where this can be entered on my profile. - mocleirigh, Feb 16, 2015
Yes, parts of Spain use leísmo- especially North central I believe: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leísmo - bosquederoble, Feb 16, 2015
If you go into edit your profile, you will find language levels among the options. - bosquederoble, Feb 16, 2015
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"Lo/le detuvieron y lo/le llevaron a comisaría".
They arrested him and they took him to the police station.
The action of both verbs are directly on the person, so that person is a direct object, and grammatically it should be "lo". I believe in some areas, leísmo is possible, and "le" can be used for a male person who is a direct object, and replace "lo". I do not use leísmo normally, so do not have a feel as to whether it would work here.
updated Feb 17, 2015
posted by bosquederoble
