Word
La herramienta está rota. Te la devuelvo.
Meaning
The tool is broken. I return it to you.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La herramienta está rota. Te la devuelvo.
estar
to be (location/state)
te
to you / yourself (reflexive) / you (direct object)
la
it / her (f)
la herramienta
the tool
Questions & Answers about La herramienta está rota. Te la devuelvo.
Why are the pronouns in the order Te la?
When you have two object pronouns in Spanish, the indirect object (who it is for, like te) always comes before the direct object (the thing being acted upon, like la). A handy trick is to remember the rule as people before things.
Why do we use la instead of lo in Te la devuelvo?
The pronoun la stands for the broken tool. Since herramienta is a feminine noun, you must use the feminine direct object pronoun la to translate it.
Why does this sentence use está instead of es?
Why does the word for broken end in an a (rota)?
Why does the verb change to devuelvo instead of devolvo?