Breakdown of Mi hermana escribió el quinto apartado del informe y luego revisó el índice.
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Questions & Answers about Mi hermana escribió el quinto apartado del informe y luego revisó el índice.
Why is it mi hermana and not mí hermana? And why isn’t there an article like la?
Mi without an accent is the possessive adjective meaning my.
Mí with an accent is a pronoun used after prepositions, for example:
- para mí = for me
- sin mí = without me
Also, Spanish normally does not use an article before these short possessives. So:
- mi hermana = my sister
- not la mi hermana in standard modern Spanish
Why doesn’t the sentence use ella before escribió or revisó?
Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when the subject is already clear. This is called being a pro-drop language.
Here, mi hermana already tells you who did the actions, so there is no need to say ella as well:
- Mi hermana escribió... y luego revisó...
Adding ella would usually sound emphatic or contrastive:
- Ella escribió el apartado, no yo.
Why are escribió and revisó written with an accent?