Word
Les regalamos un coche.
Meaning
We are giving them a car.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Les regalamos un coche.
el coche
the car
un
a, an, some
les
to them / to you (formal, plural)
regalar
to give as a gift
Questions & Answers about Les regalamos un coche.
Why do we use les here instead of los?
Les is an indirect object pronoun, meaning "to them" or "for them". We are giving the car to them, so they are receiving the action indirectly. If we used los (a direct object pronoun), it would mean we are literally giving the people themselves away as a gift!
Why use regalamos instead of damos if they both mean "we give"?
The translation says "We are giving", so why aren't we using the present continuous tense?
In Spanish, the simple present tense like regalamos is frequently used for actions happening right now. While you could say les estamos regalando, simply saying les regalamos is a very common and natural way to say "we are giving".
Where is the word for "we" in this sentence?