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Jodibean

Good catch thanks

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extraño a mi novia mexicana aunque ya la he llamado hoy y si posible pruebo llamarla todos los dias. Espero que venga a inglaterra para estudiar el agosto o septiembre pero, no esta seguro ahora mismo. No puedo esperar regresar a mexico el junio.

Deberia decir "la he llamado" o "le he llamado (a ella)"? Al misma vez, cuando yo menciono a mi novia, debo decir "llamarla" o "llamarle"?

Cheers everyone

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martynlcfc

This is what I think, and I hope someone will correct me if I am wrong

You should say llamarla and la he llamado. With llamar you use the direct object because you are calling her.

You could all so say voy a darle una llamada. Here you are giving her a call so the call is the direct object and she is the indirect object because she is receiving the call. Is the difference clear? By the way, as the hosts of Spanish pod said in one of the “Pa’ que sepas” you might here le used when lo would be grammatically correct especially in Spain.

Steve

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Stevestrv, I think you're ready to work for the Spanishpod team. Seems like a great job they have if you ask me. Keep up the great work -- it's fantastic when everyone pitches in like you. Shep

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Shep1582

Thanks and the same to you. This is a great forum. And thanks to everyone at Spanishpod.

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Extraño a mi hermana, ella vive en Australia. Quiero llamarla con más frecuencia.

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Mi respuesta: ¡nadie! Mi madre vive inmediatamente de mi casa, asi que de nada sirve llamarla.

¡El diálogo fue muy fácil! Normalmente, no entiendo todo el diálogo, pero ahora lo entendí con éxito. :D

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Question: in the Expansion is the phrase "No llames al abuelo."

Should it not be "llame", the imperative, or "llamas", the indicative, rather than the subjunctive?

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cdowis

no. it is infact the imperative it just looks like the subjunctive

the negative imperative forms are identical to the subjunctive ones

llameme .. call me ..positive formal imperative
llamame .. call me ..positive informal imperative
no me llame.. dont call me.. negative formal imperative
no me llames.. dont call me ..negative informal imperative
para que no me llame..so that you dont call me formal
para que no me llames..so that you dont call me informal

i believe this is correct, hope it helps

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Thanks. I did not realize that there was a negative imperative form.