dejar+adjective vs verb only?
I just learned somewhere that we can use dejar + ADJ construction to show how something makes a person feel. (the original text I was reading was: Los dinosaurios son animales realmente fascinantes que nos dejan impresionados con su gran tamaño (left us with an impression))
I'm making sentences and was wondering if there are any nuanced differences between using the dejar + ADJ construction vs just using the verb itself (in cases where ADJ is formed from the past participle of the verb)
Example - She surprised me with her gift dejar + ADJ: ella me dejó sorprendido con su regalo (surprised me) verb only: ella me sorprendió con su regalo (left me surprised)
In the same vein, if we had used "los dinosaurios son animales realmente fascinantes que nos impresionan con su gran tamaño (impressed us)" for the original text, would that have conveyed the same sort of nuance?
2 Answers
The construction "dejar + adjective" is similar to the English equivalent.
"Susana me dejó sorprendida" Susana left me surprised.
"Susana me sorprendió." Susana surprised me.
What you have written is correct and the nuances are the same in both languages.
Almost the same.
