Word
Copia la línea y pégala en el documento.
Meaning
Copy the line and paste it into the document.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Copia la línea y pégala en el documento.
en
in
y
and
el documento
the document
.
period (punctuation mark)
Questions & Answers about Copia la línea y pégala en el documento.
Which verb forms are used in this sentence?
Both verbs are affirmative imperatives in the second person singular (tú) of Spain: copia (copy) and pégala (paste it).
Why is the pronoun attached to the verb in pégala?
In affirmative commands, object pronouns are attached to the end of the verb (enclitic position). Since the thing being pasted (the line) is already known, Spanish uses the direct object pronoun la and attaches it to pega, giving pégala. In negative commands, the pronoun goes before the verb: No la pegues.
Why does pégala have an accent mark?
When you attach a pronoun to an affirmative command, you may need a written accent to keep the original stress. Pega is stressed on the first syllable (PE-ga). Attaching -la would normally shift the stress to the penultimate syllable (pe-GA-la), so we write pégala to keep the stress on the first syllable.
What does la refer to, and why not lo?
La is the feminine direct object pronoun matching la línea (line), which is feminine. If the object were masculine, e.g., el párrafo (paragraph), you’d say cópialo y pégalo.
Could I say pega la (separate) instead of pégala?