Questions & Answers about Necesito un favor grande de ella.
Why is "her" translated as ella instead of la or le?
After prepositions like de (from/of), para (for), or a (to), you must use a prepositional pronoun. For "her", this pronoun is exactly the same as the subject pronoun: ella. So, "from her" is de ella. Words like la and le are used directly with verbs, not after prepositions.
Why is it un favor grande instead of un grande favor?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives (like grande for "big") usually come after the noun they describe. Since favor is the noun, grande goes right after it.
Doesn't de usually mean "of"? Why does it mean "from" here?
The preposition de is very flexible. It can mean "of", "from", or even show possession (like the 's in English). In this sentence, needing a favor "from" someone translates naturally as de ella.
How do we know it means "I need" if there is no yo (I) in the sentence?
The verb ending tells you who is doing the action. Necesito ends in -o, which is the present tense ending for yo (I). Because the verb ending makes it clear, the word yo is usually dropped in Spanish.