¿Por qué se usa "la"?

Daria D.B1Kwiziq community member

¿Por qué se usa "la"?

Hola,

¿Por qué se usa "la" aquí en esta frase, se refiere a doña Berta? ¿Por qué "la" en vez de "le"?

"Espere, doña Berta. Yo la ayudo con las bolsas."

¡Muchas gracias!

Asked 1 year ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Daria

Ayudar is a transitive verb and when you say "to help someone", that someone is a direct object, therefore here you need the direct object pronoun "la" for singular feminine. 

Saludos

Inma

Andy T.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hello, I have a similar question as Daria regarding the sentence "Espere, doña Berta. Yo la ayudo con las bolsas."

Do you use "la" because you are addressing her formally? If it was informal, would you say instead "Yo te ayudo con las bolsas"?

Andy T.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hello, I have a similar question as Daria regarding the sentence "Espere, doña Berta. Yo la ayudo con las bolsas."

Do you use "la" because you are addressing her formally? If it was informal, would you say instead "Yo te ayudo con las bolsas"?

Andy T.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hello, I have a similar question as Daria regarding the sentence "Espere, doña Berta. Yo la ayudo con las bolsas."

Do you use "la" because you are addressing her formally? If it was informal, would you say instead "Yo te ayudo con las bolsas"?

Andy T.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hello, I have a similar question as Daria regarding the sentence "Espere, doña Berta. Yo la ayudo con las bolsas."

Do you use "la" because you are addressing her formally? If it was informal, would you say instead "Yo te ayudo con las bolsas"?

InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Andy

Yes, that's right. It's "la ayudo" to make it formal, as opposed to the informal "te" in "te ayudo". 

Saludos

Daria D. asked:

¿Por qué se usa "la"?

Hola,

¿Por qué se usa "la" aquí en esta frase, se refiere a doña Berta? ¿Por qué "la" en vez de "le"?

"Espere, doña Berta. Yo la ayudo con las bolsas."

¡Muchas gracias!

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