Breakdown of Francamente, nuestro gato no debe rascarse la herida.
no
no, not
el gato
the cat
nuestro
our
deber
must / should
Questions & Answers about Francamente, nuestro gato no debe rascarse la herida.
Why do we use la herida instead of su herida?
In Spanish, when referring to body parts, clothing, or things intimately attached to a being (like a wound), you usually use the definite article (el, la, los, las) rather than a possessive adjective like su. The ownership is already established by the reflexive pronoun se earlier in the sentence.
Why is the pronoun se attached to the end of rascar?
Rascar means to scratch. Adding the reflexive pronoun se makes it rascarse, showing that the cat is scratching itself. Because rascar is in its infinitive form here, you can attach the pronoun directly to the end of the word.
Is it possible to put the se before the conjugated verb instead?
Why isn't it no debe de rascarse?