[ola] Re: Grammar Question!
- From: JoAnna Coleman <joannac@xxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:00:11 +0000
To me it sounds right to say "Me cae bien Javier" and "Javier me cae bien"
whereas "Me gusta Alma" sounds better than "Alma me gusta"
JoAnna Coleman
Spanish Teacher
Wilson High School
503-916-5280 ext. 75231
joannac@xxxxxxx
http://profecoleman.wordpress.com/
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From: ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Antonio
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Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 12:46 PM
To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ola] Re: Grammar Question!
Well, sometimes languages have certain idiomatic expressions that you just
can't explain:)---it is the way it is...and we have to learn them and not worry
too much about the why:) (Me cae bien...is one of those expressions)---If we
were to translate this expression it would sound like: ..to me falls well
Javier!
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Martin Kathryn
<kmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:kmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
You could put the subject EITHER place and it would still be grammatically
correct. (As far as I know =))
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Tess Siemer
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 12:11 PM
To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ola] Grammar Question!
Hi all,
So, in my 3/4 class yesterday we were talking about a common speech error and I
couldn't explain the "why" to them other than it sounding correct or incorrect
and I told them I would try to find out...
Here are our two sentences - we began by talking about the difference in saying
"me cae bien" and "me gusta" when talking about someone:
Javier me cae bien.
Me gusta Alma.
They want to know why the person's name comes first in the first example and
second in the second example, grammatically. Any answers out there?
Thanks!
Tess
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