Breakdown of La señora pide tu firma. Se la voy a dar.
la señora
Mrs. / ma'am / lady
tu
your
ir
to go
a
to
pedir
to ask for / to order
dar
to give
la
it / her (direct object)
se
to him / to her / to them / to you (formal)
la firma
the signature
Questions & Answers about La señora pide tu firma. Se la voy a dar.
Why does the second sentence start with se la instead of le la?
In Spanish, when an indirect object pronoun (le or les) comes right before a direct object pronoun (lo, la, los, or las), the first pronoun changes to se. This happens because Spanish avoids the clunky "le la" sound. Here, se means "to her" (the lady) and la means "it" (the signature).
Could I attach se la to the end of the verb instead?
Yes! Because the sentence uses an infinitive verb (dar), you have two choices for where to put the pronouns. You can place them before the conjugated verb (Se la voy a dar) or attach them directly to the end of the infinitive (Voy a dársela). Notice that if you attach them, you must add an accent mark over the a in dar to keep the spoken stress on the correct syllable.
The English translation says "asks for", but I don't see a word for "for" in pide tu firma. Why?
Why is it spelled pide if the infinitive verb is pedir?
Pedir is a stem-changing verb. In the present tense, the e in the stem changes to an i for most forms, including the "he/she/it" form used here for la señora.
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