Breakdown of No quiero ponerme la camisa blanca porque la manga está rota.
yo
I
querer
to want
estar
to be
porque
because
Questions & Answers about No quiero ponerme la camisa blanca porque la manga está rota.
Why is it ponerme and not just poner?
Because ponerse means to put on when you are talking about putting clothes on yourself.
- poner = to put, to place
- ponerse = to put on oneself, to get dressed in
The -me means myself.
So:
- quiero poner la camisa = I want to place the shirt
- quiero ponerme la camisa = I want to put the shirt on
In Spanish, clothing is often expressed with this reflexive structure:
- Me pongo la camisa = I put on the shirt
- No quiero ponerme la camisa = I don’t want to put on the shirt
Why is the -me attached to poner instead of going before it?
With an infinitive, Spanish usually allows the reflexive pronoun to be attached to the end.
So these are both possible:
Both mean the same thing.
This sentence uses ponerme because when a pronoun goes with an infinitive, attaching it is very common and natural.
Why does Spanish say la camisa blanca instead of putting blanca before the noun?