another question about meaning of 'le'

Question

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Que le enseñes a mi boca tus lugares favoritos.

That you teach, to my mouth your favorite places.

I recently asked a similar (I think) question about 'le' ... see here

Is this another example of 'le' meaning 'for you', or 'to benefit him or her', or 'for it' (the mouth) ...?

I am holding some doubt because this time it is subjunctive... It reminds me of "Que le vaya bien".. Which means roughly "That for you, it goes well."

But here if 'le' were translated as for the other persons benefit, shouldn't it be 'te' and not 'le' ?

So I am thinking that the 'le' is referring to the mouth.

Again, let me know if I'm wrong, and sorry for the content if that is a problem, feel free to delete.

Thanks for everyone who answers my questions!

this is not an offensive question, as it could be anything, right ;) jeje, we don't have to go "there"....it could mean: your favourite places to have dinner...anyway, I don't feel it is offensive - 006595c6, Aug 30, 2017

I always tend to go there! ;) - Joe1242, Aug 30, 2017

Answer 1

This use of "qué" in this manner plus the subjunctive may be translated as:

"May you teach my mouth your favorite places"

The longer version could be "Ojalá que---- Espero que-----quisiera que, etc.

And the "le" is what English speakers call the "redundant" le. It makes no sense in English but you see it all the time in Spanish. Some constructions require it.

Here's a chart illustrating the "redundant" le.

It is something I don't always remember - Mardle, Aug 30, 2017

excelente la respuesta :) - 006595c6, Aug 30, 2017

So you could say "Que le enseñes tus lugares favoritos" only if "A mi boca" is understood previously from the conversation? - Joe1242, Aug 30, 2017

Answer 2

So you could say "Que le enseñes tus lugares favoritos" only if "A mi boca" is understood previously from the conversation? - Joe1242

Ok, let's use our imagination:

Oye...te hablo de mi boca.

sí, ¿y qué?

¡que le enseñes tus lugares favoritos!

ah, claro, vale, así haré

Hence: yes, you can.

Listo! - Joe1242, Aug 30, 2017

Answer 3

Que le enseñes a mi boca tus lugares favoritos.

That you teach your favorite places to my mouth.

It's possible to say.
Que enseñes a mi boca tus lugares favoritos but most people repeat and "le" means a mi boca. So it's redundant. "A mi boca" is like said twice.

This happens a lot in Spanish.
A mi me gustan las manzanas. It would be enough to say "Me gustan las manzanas" but we normally add " A mí".

This one is similar to "Que le vaya bien".

So you could say "Que le enseñes tus lugares favoritos" only if "A mi boca" is understood previously from the conversation? - Joe1242, Aug 30, 2017

yes, the "le" is a mi boca. - polenta1, Aug 30, 2017