Breakdown of ¡Qué hermosa caridad! Tenemos la donación y queremos entregársela pronto.
y
and
tener
to have
qué
what
pronto
soon
querer
to want
la
it / her (direct object)
hermoso
beautiful (handsome, lovely)
entregar
to hand over, to deliver
se
to him / to her / to them / to you (formal)
la donación
donation
la caridad
charity
Questions & Answers about ¡Qué hermosa caridad! Tenemos la donación y queremos entregársela pronto.
In entregársela, what do se and la stand for?
la is the direct object pronoun meaning "it", referring to la donación. se is the indirect object pronoun meaning "to them", referring to the charity. Normally, "to them" is les, but in Spanish, whenever le or les comes immediately before lo, la, los, or las, it changes to se to avoid the clunky "les-la" sound.
Could I put the pronouns before the verbs instead of attaching them to entregar?
Yes! Because queremos entregar is a verb phrase containing a conjugated verb (queremos) and an infinitive (entregar), you have flexible placement. You can attach both pronouns to the end of the infinitive, as in queremos entregársela, or place them before the conjugated verb, as in se la queremos entregar. Both options mean the exact same thing and are very common.
Why is there an accent mark on entregársela?
When spoken, the natural stress of the infinitive entregar falls on the final syllable, -gar. When you attach two pronoun syllables to the end, the word becomes much longer. To keep the spoken stress on that original -gar syllable rather than letting it shift to the end of the new word, Spanish spelling rules require a written accent mark over the "a".
Why does the adjective come before the noun in ¡Qué hermosa caridad!?
In exclamations starting with Qué, placing the adjective before the noun is a common way to heavily emphasize the quality you are reacting to. You could also say ¡Qué caridad tan hermosa! (which requires adding tan), but ¡Qué hermosa caridad! is a direct, emphatic way to express "What a beautiful charity!"
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