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Hello everyone! I was just wondering if someone could help me understand this: te lo recomendaría

I know that lo recomendaría means I would recommend and te means you (I think) , so does this line mean I would recommend it to you?

Thanks! BonitaChica

Your phrase is in the "conditional" tense, so have another go at the translation. - margarita1943, Feb 27, 2016

Thank you - i just edited my question because I didn't release that I wrote my translation as -I recommend it to you- instead of -I would recommend it to you- - BonitaChica101, Feb 27, 2016

That is how I would read it- I would recommend it to you. :) - bosquederoble, Feb 27, 2016

Answer 1

Hi Bonita

You have worked the answer out. The translator on the site is good. Are you teaching yourself?

In English we use the conditional to sound more polite as in Spanish the presnt tense would do. Of course I do not have the full sentence and there can be other reasons for the conditional.

If you remember back to English grammar lessons pronouns can be subject [often left out in Spanish] direct and indirect. Your sentence has direct [lo] and indirect [me]

In Spanish they are the same except for third person singular and plural - indirect = le les and direct = lo/la los las.

Sometimes you have to add a el or a ella if it is unclear who you are referring to when using the third person [or their name]

There are some other rules but I do not want to complicate things.

Here is a link to a recent post by Daniela.[a qualified teacher and hispanohablante]

previous answer

It is worth making sure you understand as Spanish sentences can be long and they can then be complicated to read.

Check out some lessons on the site.

Gracias! :) - BonitaChica101, Feb 27, 2016

you need to make your question fuller and clearer if there are grammar points you do not understand. Thanks for the vote. - Mardle, Feb 27, 2016