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Blake

#17676 Tue, 29 May 07 07:59 PM

The accidental dropping of an inanimate object can be rendered in Spanish by 'se le cayo' ...'

Can this same structure also be extended to the accidental dropping of animates, thus:

Te me cai'ste. I (accidentally) dropped you.
Me le cai'. He (accidentally) dropped me.

?

Jim

Blake

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Auser

#17736 Wed, 06 Jun 07 04:47 AM

Blake
The accidental dropping of an inanimate object can be rendered in Spanish by 'se le cayo' ...'

Can this same structure also be extended to the accidental dropping of animates, thus:

Te me caíste. I (accidentally) dropped you.

Me le cai'. He (accidentally) dropped me.
él me hizo caer is what I would say (literal translation: he made me drop you)

?

Jim

You are somewhat right.

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Blake

#17737 Wed, 06 Jun 07 07:14 AM

Gracias.

áóú íéá It works!

Blake

#17738 Wed, 06 Jun 07 07:17 AM

My ulterior motive was to understand whether the se in that construction is best analyzed as a reflexive pronoun or as a mark of the passive. I would say reflexive pronoun, by which I mean that such expressions are not restricted to the third person nor to inanimate subjects.

Blake

asabelox

#17746 Wed, 06 Jun 07 08:54 PM

Te me caíste. .          YOU (accidentally) fell on me

Me le cai'.                     I (accidentally ) fell on him/her
él me hizo caer is what I would say (literal translation: he made me fall down )    it is not said ON who, problably it was his fault that I fell on the floor

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El Greco

#18392 Wed, 08 Aug 07 08:45 AM

Blake
The accidental dropping of an inanimate object can be rendered in Spanish by 'se le cayo' ...'

Can this same structure also be extended to the accidental dropping of animates, thus:

Te me cai'ste. I (accidentally) dropped you.
Me le cai'. He (accidentally) dropped me.

?

Jim

Hola Blake:

Te dejé caer (sin querer) = I (accidentally) dropped you.

Me dejó caer (sin querer) = He (accidentally) dropped me.

Saludos.

- El Greco