La mujer me dejó su paraguas porque llovía.

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Breakdown of La mujer me dejó su paraguas porque llovía.

• porque: because
• su: her
• llover: to rain

Questions & Answers about La mujer me dejó su paraguas porque llovía.

Why is it la mujer and not just mujer?

In Spanish, the definite article is used more often than in English. La mujer means the woman.

If you said just mujer, it would usually sound incomplete here. Spanish normally needs an article or some other determiner before a singular countable noun:

• la mujer = the woman
• una mujer = a woman
• esa mujer = that woman

So La mujer me dejó su paraguas... is the natural way to say The woman lent me her umbrella...

What does me mean here?

Me is an indirect object pronoun, and here it means to me.

So:

• La mujer me dejó su paraguas = The woman left/lent me her umbrella

The action is being done for or to the speaker.

Compare:

• me = to me
• te = to you
• le = to him / her / you (formal)
• nos = to us

In this sentence, me tells you who received the umbrella.

Why does dejó mean lent here? Doesn’t dejar usually mean to leave?