Breakdown of El niño rompe el juguete y el padre lo arregla.
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el niño
the boy
el padre
the father / the parents
el juguete
the toy
Questions & Answers about El niño rompe el juguete y el padre lo arregla.
What does lo mean here, and why didn't we use la?
Why is lo placed before arregla?
In Spanish, direct object pronouns (short words like 'it', 'him', or 'her' that receive the action) usually go right before the conjugated verb. While in English we put it after the verb ('fixes it'), Spanish puts it before: lo arregla.
Both rompe and arregla are actions done by a 'he' in this sentence. Why do they end in different letters?
Could we drop el padre and just say y lo arregla?