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"El detective le tomó declaración al único testigo."

"El detective le tomó declaración al único testigo."

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HI GUYZ. I got several troubles with this sentence:"El detective le tomó declaración al único testigo".I found it looking up in the dictionary.And the problem i have faced is: WHY i can't say:El detective tomó declaración del único testigo.Srry if the question sounds stupidly just teach spanish without a teacher and ofc my grammar sucks^^Ty in advance.

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updated Apr 2, 2017
posted by Kazanova
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Tomar declaración takes the preposition A.

Vamos a tomarle la declaración a Juan. La policía le tomó la declaración a mucha gente. No se va a tomar declaración a nadie. He tomado la declaración a muchas personas.

updated Apr 2, 2017
posted by Polenta