Ponte why not Pon
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Why do you use PONTE in this sentence? Ponte la agenda en la mochila.
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updated Feb 17, 2015
posted by Sitsie
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Emphasis! You can just say Pon la agenda en la mochila, but the ponte gives it more emphasis.
I am not a native speaker. So this raises a question from me.
If used as emphasis, where the subject pronoun is used even if not needed, how do you differentiate between that and the reflexive ponerse?
updated Feb 17, 2015
edited by gringojrf
posted by gringojrf
Good answer. You have a direct object here (other than the speaker) "la agenda" - this tells you "ponte" is not reflexive. - 005faa61, Feb 16, 2015
It isn't for emphasis... - chileno, Feb 17, 2015
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In this case, the verb "poner" can be used either as transitive or as pronominal "ponerse".
It is an imperative sentence: Pon (tú) la agenda. Ponte (tú) la agenda.
The subject is in both cases the second person in singular: tú.
updated Feb 16, 2015
posted by LuisCache
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Ponte/le = put on (yourself) / him-her
pon = put
updated Feb 17, 2015
posted by chileno
