Word
Chicos, curen la herida y pónganle esta venda.
Meaning
Guys, treat the wound and put this bandage on it.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Chicos, curen la herida y pónganle esta venda.
y
and
el chico
the boy (older / teenager)
poner
to put
le
to him / to her / to you (formal)
Questions & Answers about Chicos, curen la herida y pónganle esta venda.
Why is le attached to the end of pongan in pónganle?
Because pongan is an affirmative command (telling someone to do something). In Spanish, object pronouns like le must be attached directly to the end of an affirmative command, creating a single combined word.
Why is there an accent mark on pónganle?
Why use le here? Doesn't le usually mean "to him" or "to her"?
It often does, but le is an indirect object pronoun that can also mean "to it". In this sentence, they are putting the bandage on the wound. The wound (la herida) is the indirect receiver of the bandage, so le is used here to mean "on it".
Since la herida is a feminine noun, shouldn't the pronoun be la instead of le?