grammer question
  • shay January 31
    I have encoutered a sentance that goes quiero sacer mi perra a pasear,a lavarla, a acariciarla, a darla de comer.
    why we use a before the verbs and not just the infinitive so it will be lavarla,acariciarla,darla.
    and why darla de comer and not darla a comer cause i am doing the action on the dog and de doesn`t come built in after dar like it is with the verb dejar.
  • Anna January 31
    In this case the use of preposition a is only right in the first part of the sentence:

    Yo quiero sacarla a mi perra a pasear, sacar a mi perra a lavarla

    sacar a acariciarla (this does not sound right)
    sacar a mi perra a darle de comer. (this last case only makes sense if you take the dog out only to feed the dog outside.)

    The preposition a simply connects the verb sacar a with the infinitives pasear, lavar and dar.
    The same way that we always use the preposition a after the verb to go and before an infinitive.

    - Yo voy a llorar.
    - Yo voy a ganar.
    - Tú vas a terminar.

    We also use the preposition a, when we want to connect the verb with an infinitive - this use of a is especially common following verbs indicating the start of an action.

    - Yo saco a pasear a mi perra.
    - Yo vengo a hacer ejercicio.
    - Tú empiezas a llorar.
    - Ella entró a hablar contigo.

    Dar de comer is a full verb, like a phrasal verb in English, and like all phrasal verbs English (for instance to give up/ to go on/ to break up) you must learn them by heart.

    You will use a only after dar de comer if preceding the Indirect Object (To whom?/ Who are you feeding?)

    Doy de comer a mi bebé
    Doy de comer a la abuela
    Doy de comer al gato (a= a+el)

    DAR DE COMER
    Conjugación en presente
    1. doy de comer a
    2. das de comer a
    3. da de comer a
    4. damos de comer a
    5. dáis de comer a
    6. dan de comer a



  • shay February 6
    entonces puedo y debo que dicir "quiero salir a cruzar,a bailar,a paeasr al barco".
  • Anna February 6
    Hola Shay.

    Exacto!

    "Quiero ir a cenar, a ver una pelicula, a pasear por la avenida, a comer un helado, a dar una vuelta, a comprar unos libros en italiano."
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