Breakdown of ¿La tarima? Él está trasladándomela ahora.
él
he
estar
to be (location/state)
ahora
now
me
to me / me (direct object)
la
it / her (direct object)
trasladar
to move (transfer, relocate)
la tarima
the pallet
Questions & Answers about ¿La tarima? Él está trasladándomela ahora.
Why does trasladándomela have a written accent mark?
When you attach pronouns to a gerund (the -ando or -iendo form), the natural spoken stress stays on the original vowel—the a in -ando. Because adding mela adds two extra syllables, that stressed vowel is now far back in the word. Spanish rules require a written accent on any word stressed earlier than the second-to-last syllable to preserve the correct pronunciation.
Why is the order -mela instead of -lame?
Whenever you have two object pronouns together, the indirect object pronoun (who it affects or is for, which is me here) always comes before the direct object pronoun (what is being moved, which is la). A common rule of thumb is to put people before things.
Is it mandatory to attach the pronouns to the end of the verb here?
No. When you have a conjugated verb followed by a gerund (like está trasladando), you have two choices. You can attach the pronouns to the end of the gerund, as in this sentence, or you can place them before the conjugated verb: Él me la está trasladando ahora. Both are completely natural and mean the exact same thing.
Why use trasladar instead of mover for 'to move'?
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