Can I say this....
Can I say "Estoy dedicada a su felicidad" ? I just can't remember the rule for two "a's" being together (dedicada a). I know there's some rule, but I'm not sure if it applies here!
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I don't know of any rule and assume I would have seen something if it existed. If you think about any third person ar verb followed by a there are a lot and they mimic what you have written eg llama a.
Still I await any answer from someone who is aware of linguistic reasons to change the structure I assume you are thinking of u. and e which replace o and y in some circumstances.
There is no reason to change the structure of these sentences. The only time you make a change is in the case of "y" meaning "and" and "o" meaning "or."
Usually the two adjacent vowels are pronounced as one.
Ex. "Conozco a Alicia." Sounds like "Conozo Alicia." "Voy a hablar." sounds like "voyablar."
The name of this phenomenon is "sinalefa."
Estoy dedicada a su felicidad Is ok. There Is no rule for two As being clóse
Maybe the change of feminine to masculine. Agua Is feminine but you say el agua. But that's another story.
