¿Quien esta haciendo qual?
Hola. Here is a sentence from my reading in which I cannot figure out which person is doing the action. I know what I think is happening, but I don't see how the sentence says that. The narrator is a private detective. He is talking with Mariano del Moral, who wants to hire the detective. They are discussing the price. From the book: "Por eso, cuando Mariano del Moral me dijo le daré cinco mil pesos por sus servicios, estuve a punto de conectarle un golpe en su mandibula". I suppose it should say, "...me dijo (que) me dará cinco mil pesos por mi servicios". ¿Estoy equivocado? ¿Esta el libro equivocado? Grácias, Steve
2 Answers
To me this reads like humour:
That's why, when Mariano del Moral said to me that I will give him five thousand pesos for his services, I was about to punch him in the jaw.
As if Mariano thinks he is doing me a favour letting me work for him perhaps? Like saying "You're lucky I'm letting you work for me - or - you should be paying me." I'm just a learner though so native input may say otherwise ... and it does 
"Por eso, cuando Mariano del Moral me dijo le daré cinco mil pesos por sus servicios, estuve a punto de conectarle un golpe en su mandibula.
The writer / printer simply forgot to put into quotation "le daré cinco mil pesos por sus servicios" (direct reported speech).
To put this phrase into indirect reported speech: "Por eso, cuando Mariano del Moral me dijo que me diera cinco mil pesos por mis servicios, estuve a punto de conectarle un golpe en su mandibula".
In both cases the detective talks about wanting to hit Mariano due to his, Mariano´s, offer of 5K pesos.
