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Understanding Spanish Grammer

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Yo estaba leyendo acerca de una conversación sobre el café. Tengo dos preguntas sobre la siguiente frase: “Hay personas les gusta un poco más fuerte,” que se traduce “There are people who like it a bit stronger.” ¿“Les” se está refiriendo a “personas”? ¿Hay ninguna palabra en el español usado aquí para “it”?

Por favor, comente si ve errores en mi uso del español.

Gracias por su ayuda.

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updated Apr 28, 2015
posted by jgundy
Check the English spelling. "grammar" - Daniela2041, Apr 28, 2015
Gracias Daniela para corregir mi Inglés - jgundy, Apr 28, 2015

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The answer of crucesignatus is correct, but for me the sentence still sounds strange. I would say:

Hay personas a las que les gusta un poco más fuerte

The relative clauses in Spanish (que, quienes, etc..) are totally correct, but sometimes their use sound strange for a native speaker. Sometimes native speakers use this clauses incorrectly because they force its inclusion in a sentence to looks like more cultured. So, be careful when you use them, sometimes is better to use "que" as a joker (it is also correct) than use them mistakenly.

updated Apr 28, 2015
edited by txustaboy
posted by txustaboy
Txusta, we would say: " they insist on including them (the incorrect words) in a sentence to make themselves seem (or appear) more cultured!" - FELIZ77, Apr 28, 2015
native speakers use 'these' (plural) clauseS (plural) etc...I hope these corrections help ) - FELIZ77, Apr 28, 2015
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Hola compañero!

La traducción literal, incluyendo el pronombre "lo" (it), sería:

  • Hay personas quienes lo gustan un poco más fuerte.

Pero lo más natural es como lo hiciste al comienzo, salvo que le tendrías que añadir la frase: "a quienes", de esta forma:

  • Hay personas a quienes les gusta un poco más fuerte.
updated Apr 28, 2015
posted by crucesignatus
The first sentence is not correct, the second one is perfect :). - txustaboy, Apr 28, 2015
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To respond to this point "¿Hay ninguna palabra en el español usado aquí para “it”?

I think the confusion may lie in the verb Gustar. Gustar means To Please, not actually to like. So, if you say "les gusta", this means "it pleases them". The it is implicit in the word "gusta", so you don't need to add it into the sentence. The same principle applies to all spanish verbs - you don't need to say "yo como arroz", you can say "como arroz" as the yo is implied from the ending of the verb. I hope this helps.

updated Apr 28, 2015
posted by BailaBailaBaila
gracias. Esa es una gran explicación - jgundy, Apr 28, 2015