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A mi profesora le llena de orgullo ver que cada semana entendemos un poco más.
Meaning
My teacher feels proud to see that every week we understand a little more.
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Breakdown of A mi profesora le llena de orgullo ver que cada semana entendemos un poco más.
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Questions & Answers about A mi profesora le llena de orgullo ver que cada semana entendemos un poco más.
Why are both a mi profesora and le used? Don’t they both mean to my teacher?
Yes, they both point to my teacher, but they do different jobs in Spanish.
- le is the indirect object pronoun
- a mi profesora names exactly who that pronoun refers to
This is very common in Spanish and is called indirect object doubling.
So:
- Le llena de orgullo = It fills her with pride
- A mi profesora = clarifies that her means my teacher
Spanish often keeps both, especially when the person is specifically named.
Why is there an a before mi profesora?
The a marks the indirect object here.
In this sentence, mi profesora is the person affected by the action:
- something fills her with pride
So Spanish says:
- A mi profesora le llena de orgullo...
That a is not the preposition to in a literal movement sense. It is part of how Spanish marks people as indirect objects.
What is the subject of llena?