Word
Él recolecta prendas y quiere dárselas al hombre necesitado.
Meaning
He collects garments and wants to give them to the needy man.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Él recolecta prendas y quiere dárselas al hombre necesitado.
él
he
y
and
el hombre
the man
al
to the
Questions & Answers about Él recolecta prendas y quiere dárselas al hombre necesitado.
What does -selas mean at the end of dárselas?
It is made of two pronouns attached to the infinitive dar (to give). las means "them" (the garments, prendas). se means "to him" (the needy man). Normally, "to him" is le, but Spanish changes le to se when it comes right before lo, la, los, or las to avoid the awkward sound of "le las".
Could I put the pronouns before the verb instead of attaching them to dar?
Why is there an accent mark on dárselas?
If se already means "to him", why does the sentence also say al hombre necesitado?