Breakdown of La asociación nos hace trabajar mucho.
trabajar
to work
mucho
a lot
hacer
to do, to make
nos
to us / ourselves / us (direct object)
la asociación
the association
Questions & Answers about La asociación nos hace trabajar mucho.
Why does nos go before hace instead of attaching to the end of trabajar?
In causative structures like hacer + infinitive, the two verbs act together as a single unit. Because of this tight bond, object pronouns like nos must go before the conjugated verb (hace), rather than attaching to the infinitive.
Is nos a direct or an indirect object pronoun in this sentence?
Here, nos is a direct object pronoun. The rule for causative hacer is: if the infinitive verb doesn't have a direct object of its own (like trabajar here), the person being made to do the action is the direct object. If the infinitive did have a direct object (like making us read a book), then nos would act as the indirect object.
Why isn't there a preposition like a between hace and trabajar?
When using hacer to mean making someone do something, it connects directly to the infinitive. You never use a linking preposition. This is different from verbs of influence like obligar, which do require a preposition (nos obliga a trabajar).
Could I translate this using the subjunctive, like La asociación hace que trabajemos mucho?
Yes, hacer que followed by the subjunctive is another perfectly valid way to translate this. However, the hacer + infinitive structure used here is often preferred in everyday speech because it is shorter and more direct.
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