{"id":10493,"date":"2022-08-21T05:50:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T05:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/?p=10493"},"modified":"2022-08-21T05:50:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T05:50:40","slug":"cuando-usar-la-a-personal-en-espanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/blog\/cuando-usar-la-a-personal-en-espanol\/","title":{"rendered":"Cu\u00e1ndo utilizar la \"A personal\" en espa\u00f1ol"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most challenging parts of learning a new language is navigating the aspects that don\u2019t exactly translate. Do you remember learning falsos amigos<\/a> and learning that different languages don\u2019t always follow the same patterns? Just like other grammatical rules that don\u2019t literally translate, it\u2019s important to learn when to use the \u201cpersonal a\u201d in Spanish so you can sound more native. In addition, you\u2019ll be much more confident while speaking if you have these rules memorized!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the \u201cpersonal a\u201d?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tal y como suena, la \"a personal\" significa que debe intervenir una persona o una figura parecida a una persona. Primero, piensa en lo que sabes sobre los objetos directos. Un objeto directo es el destinatario de una acci\u00f3n. A veces, una persona es el destinatario de una acci\u00f3n, en cuyo caso la palabrita a<\/em> goes before the person. That\u2019s why it\u2019s called a \u201cpersonal a\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cu\u00e1ndo utilizarlo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"CONVERSA
Leer m\u00e1s<\/strong>V\u00eddeo: Falsos amigos espa\u00f1ol-ingl\u00e9s<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>

As we mentioned earlier, you use the \u201cpersonal a\u201d when a person it the objeto directo<\/a> de una frase. Ser\u00eda gramaticalmente incorrecto decir Juana recuerda a Mateo. <\/em>En cambio, como Mateo es el objeto de la frase, tienes que decir Juana recuerda a Mateo. <\/em>Since the object is a person, you need to use a \u201cpersonal a\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also use it for other nouns that you personify, meaning they aren\u2019t a person, but you\u2019re giving them the same recognition as a person. For example, many people use the word a<\/em> antes de referirse a una mascota, a un objeto inanimado que nombraron o con el que ten\u00edan una conexi\u00f3n especial, o incluso a lugares. Indica que consideras que ese sustantivo es una entidad importante, como una persona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"CONVERSA
Leer m\u00e1s<\/strong>Actividad en l\u00ednea: Conjugar verbos espa\u00f1oles en presente<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>

Also, if you ask a question where the answer is a person, your question will also need a \u201cpersonal a\u201d. It makes sense that you would use a<\/em> con la palabra interrogativa qui\u00e9n <\/em>since a person will be the answer. For example, \u201cA qui\u00e9n<\/em> besaste ayer<\/em>?\u201d, or \u201cWho did you kiss yesterday?\u201d requires a person as the object of the sentence. This means that you need to have a<\/em> en la pregunta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estas reglas pueden parecer un poco abrumadoras y complicadas al principio, pero con suficiente pr\u00e1ctica, te har\u00e1s con ellas. Presta atenci\u00f3n cuando hablen los dem\u00e1s y oir\u00e1s este rasgo gramatical en casi todas las conversation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the most challenging parts of learning a new language is navigating the aspects that don\u2019t exactly translate. Do you remember learning false friends and learning that different languages don\u2019t always follow the same patterns? Just like other grammatical rules that don\u2019t literally translate, it\u2019s important to learn when to use the \u201cpersonal a\u201d […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,34,7,22,122,30,97,24],"tags":[75,355,81,49],"class_list":["post-10493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a1","category-b1","category-blog","category-conversacion-2","category-education","category-grammar","category-spanish","category-vocabulary","tag-learn-spanish-online","tag-personal-a","tag-spanish-grammar","tag-spanish-vocabulary"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}