Spanish · Chapter 31 · Lesson 10 · Grammar primer
Cleft sentences
On the AQA A-level grammar list.
The short version
Front the object and you must echo it
Everyday Spanish moves the object to the front and leaves a resumptive pronoun behind to hold its old place: el coche lo arreglĂ© ayer, a MarĂa la vi ayer, eso no lo sabĂa. The doubled pronoun is not sloppiness, it is required. El coche arreglĂ© is simply ungrammatical.
El coche lo arreglé ayer.
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