Breakdown of No me muestres el arma cerca de la cámara.
de
from / of
no
no, not
cerca
close / near
me
to me / me (direct object)
la cámara
camera
la
the (feminine)
mostrar
to show
el arma
the weapon
Questions & Answers about No me muestres el arma cerca de la cámara.
Why does me come before the verb here instead of attaching to the end like in muéstrame?
With negative commands, object pronouns like me must go between no and the verb. This is exactly what this lesson covers! If it were a positive command ('Show me'), it would attach to the end: muéstrame. But since it is negative ('Don't show me'), it must be no me muestres.
Why does the verb mostrar change to muestres with an -es ending?
To form a negative command for tú (informal 'you'), Spanish uses the present subjunctive form. For an -ar verb like mostrar, the ending swaps to -es. Also, mostrar is a stem-changing verb, so the o changes to ue, giving us no muestres.
Is arma a masculine word? Why does it use el instead of la?
Arma is actually a feminine word! However, because it starts with a stressed 'a' sound, saying la arma would sound clunky (the two 'a' sounds blend together). To make it flow better, Spanish uses el for singular feminine nouns starting with a stressed 'a'. If it were plural, it would use the feminine article again: las armas.
Why is there a de after cerca?
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