Why is there "en su espalda" and not en LA espalda?
Su vs la
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Emanuel B.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Su vs la
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Spanish nouns ending in -or are masculine"
Asked 5 years ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq
Hola Emanuel
We don't normally use the possessives in this sort of sentences as we always assume that if someone has a pain somewhere it is always his/her own body, so, we tend to use articles el, la, los, las. However we sometimes use the possessive for emphasis. We could have easily said, with the same meaning:
El paciente tenía mucho dolor en la espalda.
Saludos,
Inma
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