Why not use personal pronoun?

Question

Why say la canta, when we can say él canta? Btw, it is from "the ketchup song" lol.

welcome to the forum, :) - 006595c6, Aug 11, 2017

Answer 1

In short: we do not use the subject pronouns, in Spanish, because through context we know who we are talking about.

However, your question, after searching the song on the web, good for you to provide context:

Para Diego la cancion mas deseada

Y la baila, y la goza y la canta

the translation would be :

he is dancing it, enjoying it, singing it.

la would be "it" in the three sentences. It is not the subject pronoun we are seeing here. It is the object.(the song)

I hope this makes it clear for you, if you have any doubts, feel free to ask

Oh yes I first thought that was the meaning too but was unsure. Thank you so, so much for replying. Really appreciate it xx - Alice0925, Aug 13, 2017

Answer 2

Hi alice, a very warm welcome to you on the forum

Would you like to have a look at these threads?

This has been discussed many times.

When do we use the "subject pronoun" in Spanish: yo, tú, él, ella....?

Omitting the subject pronoun