Breakdown of Ese niño se parece a mi hermano.
el niño
the boy
el hermano
the brother
mi
my
ese
that (masculine)
parecerse a
to look like, to resemble
Questions & Answers about Ese niño se parece a mi hermano.
Why does this sentence use se parece instead of just parece?
If I said Ese niño parece mi hermano without the se and a, what would it mean?
It would mean 'That boy seems to be my brother'—like you are guessing his identity. By using the pronominal phrase se parece a, you are specifically saying that the two of them share a physical or behavioral resemblance.
Why is there an a before mi hermano?
The verb parecerse always requires the preposition a to introduce the person or thing being resembled. Whenever you say someone looks like someone else, you will use the formula parecerse a.
I always mix up ese and eso. Why is it ese niño here?
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