Me Te and verbos necesito ayuda.

Hey Michael. I'll try to make this simple, as I am still learning. I'm probably going to explain this oddly, so someone else can correct me if they wish.

'Te' is the direct object. It's who is receiving the action.


Do you know what conjugation means? IF the verb is conjugated, it goes before. Examples:

Te quiero = I want you.

Te veo = I see you.

Te amo = I love you.


quiero te, amo te, veo te. That doesn't make sense! If the verb is conjugated it goes before!!

HOWEVER!!!

If it's not conjugated i.e. you use the infinitive. Examples:

I would like TO SEE YOU.= Me gustaria verte

I am going to  call you later  = Voy a llamarte  mas tarde.

Do you see the difference? The verbs are not conjugated. They are in their infinitive form (ver, llamar, etc).  See, it wouldn't make sense to say:

Voy a llamo te. NOPE! Because that would be like: I am going to I call you. You can't have two conjugations next to eachother.


UH OH, there's more..

You can also say  te voy a llamar!  That means I am going to call you. But all you did was switch the position from the END, to the beginning: That literally means: You, I am going to call.

Did I confuse you?   By the way in your example, "matame", that is the COMMAND form of "KILL ME!". If you were to switch it from "me mata", that means, "It kills me". "Matarme" means To Kill Myself. Just think, everytime you see the "r" at the end, is "To [blank]". It's the infinitive.

No idea what pichar means, the only thing I can think of is the word pinchar, Just a letter of difference but if it makes sense in the song I can't know of course.

Very good explanation, Robert and Syl!

Altough, in order to clarify the meaning of either pichar or pinchar, we need some more context.

Cheers

Excellent explanation Robert. I'll add this. "yo pichando te y tu pichando me" it should be written "yo pichándote y tu pichándome" but it's not a natural way of speaking, this structure can be useful for songs or poems. A common way to speak is "te estoy pichando" that uses the present continuous, and in this tense you have two ways to form it "te estoy pichando" or "estoy pichándote", see, you can have the direct object at the beginning or at the end.