Verb ending

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APedro  #31149  Thu, 24 Apr 08 04:40 PM
 when do you use the pronoun at the end of the verb, like the "te" in the phrase: tenia que "haberte" contestado?
  
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Malta  #31150  Thu, 24 Apr 08 05:15 PM

When the verb is reflexive ex: lavarse   cepillarse

In this case haberte contestado means having answered you Smile

  
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QazBomber  #31153  Thu, 24 Apr 08 07:52 PM
Well, it's true some verbs are reflexives, but a verb is reflexive when the person who speaks it's the same who recieves the action of the verb.

 

In the sentece: "haberte contestado", i speak, but i don't recieve the action of the verb. This is not a reflexive sentence.

"Te" is the person who recieves the action, in this case, you (2nd). Sometimes, this pronoun (unstressed pronoun) is put next to the verb. If you change the pronoun and the person, you can't put the pronoun with the verb. For example: "tenía que haber contestado a la llamada de tu hermana" = "tenía que haberla contestado".

 

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Pucca  #31155  Thu, 24 Apr 08 07:54 PM

QazBomber

P.S.: i have an exam tomorrow about this Big Smile

¿Examen morfosintáctico?

Jeje, suerte Wink

  
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APedro  #31161  Thu, 24 Apr 08 08:11 PM
Gracias para su respuesta.  Lo es mas claro ahora.
  
QazBomber  #31166  Thu, 24 Apr 08 09:54 PM
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Gracias para por su/tu respuesta.  Lo es tengo mas claro ahora.
 

 

De nada Smile 

  
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