Indirect pronoun and article vs possessive

Question

I want to say "the robber robbed me of my money", would I say: "A mí me robó el dinero el ladrón?"

Could I say mi dinero instead of el dinero? And could I leave out the "A mí"? Could I also put el ladrón in the front? "El ladrón me robó mi dinero"

Answer 1

I agree with Jubilado.

It´s usually about money, so you only have to say: El ladrón me robó. You can say A mí before the rest of the sentence if you want, but this is only to emphasize that you are the one (not some one else) who was robbed.

Oh okay. Thank you JulianChivi! - Ramonaspiker, May 28, 2016

Answer 2

I put El ladrón robó mi dinero in the translate function here on the home page and got:

The thief stole my money 3 times.

My feeling is that this expresses exactly what you want to say. When you think about it "The robber robbed me of my money" is very redundant. I know Spanish speakers generally try to avoid redundancies, so when you say "me of my money" in English, I don't think you would translate that all into Spanish: me de mi dinero.

Maybe we'll get more opinions.

True Jubilado, I agree simple ways are easier. I was actually copying Daniela's sentence from another thread. It was: the thief stole my money from me. - Ramonaspiker, May 28, 2016

You can't go wrong following Daniela - Jubilado, May 28, 2016

Yeah just wanted a quick explanation on why she typed the sentence that way - Ramonaspiker, May 28, 2016

Thanks for your help! - Ramonaspiker, May 28, 2016

Answer 3

I was going to put this in a comment, but it's too long. I wrote this sentence in another thread.

Yes you can leave out the "a mí." You can even put "El ladrón" in front. Just don't use "mi" dinero. The word for word translation of the Spanish is "The thief robbed me of the money."

In California Spanish many would use "mi" but that's because of the heavy English influence on the language in California.

Thanks for clarifying Daniela! I appreciate your response :) - Ramonaspiker, May 28, 2016

Is this correct? El ladrón le robó el dinero de mi madre de su carro. The thief robbed my mom's money from her car. - Ramonaspiker, May 28, 2016

El ladrón robó el dinero del carro de mi madre. The thief took the money from my mom's car. - Daniela2041, May 28, 2016

Alright. Thank you! - Ramonaspiker, May 30, 2016