Breakdown of No te gusta el abrigo. ¿Me lo devuelves?
no
no / not
me
to me / myself (reflexive) / me (direct object)
gustar
to like
te
to you / yourself (reflexive) / you (direct object)
lo
it / him (m)
el abrigo
the coat
devolver
to return (an item)
Questions & Answers about No te gusta el abrigo. ¿Me lo devuelves?
Why are the pronouns in the order Me lo devuelves instead of Lo me devuelves?
When a Spanish sentence has two object pronouns, the indirect object (the person receiving the action, here me) always comes before the direct object (the thing being acted upon, here lo). A helpful memory trick is that people usually come before things!
What exactly does lo stand for here?
lo translates to "it" and takes the place of el abrigo (the coat). Because abrigo is a masculine, singular noun, we must use the masculine, singular direct object pronoun lo.
Why doesn't the first sentence use a word like tú for "you"?
Why is there a "ue" in devuelves?
The dictionary form of this verb is devolver (to return an item). It is a stem-changing verb, meaning the "o" in the middle changes to "ue" in the present tense for the tú (you) form.
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