Learn Spanish (Spain): La herida ya no me duele. - The wound does not hurt any more.

Ya no is a set phrase in Spanish that translates to "not anymore" or "no longer." If you just said no me duele, it would simply mean "it does not hurt," but using ya no emphasizes that the situation has changed and the pain has stopped.

How does the verb duele work here? Why is there a me in front of it?

The verb doler (to hurt) works just like the verb gustar. The sentence is structured like "The wound no longer is painful to me." The pronoun me tells us who is feeling the pain, and duele is in the "it" form because the subject causing the pain is the wound (la herida).

Why does the verb doler change to duele?

Doler is a stem-changing verb. When you conjugate it in the present tense, the o in the middle changes to ue. Since the wound is an "it" subject, we use the matching form duele.

Can I change the word order and put la herida at the end?

Yes! In Spanish, it is very common to put the subject after verbs like doler and gustar. You can absolutely say Ya no me duele la herida, and it sounds completely natural to a native speaker.