"yo haría lo imposible por ti" (lo is after hacer) but "ellos lo harían sin problema" (lo is before hacer). Why does lo move around? Does it matter?

Sandra R.B1Kwiziq community member

"yo haría lo imposible por ti" (lo is after hacer) but "ellos lo harían sin problema" (lo is before hacer). Why does lo move around? Does it matter?

Asked 6 years ago
Alan G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
I think the answer is that these are different uses of "lo". In "lo imposible" it's acting as a neutral article ("the"), but in the second example it's an object pronoun ("it"). Object pronouns have to be placed before a conjugated verb. 
Sandra R.B1Kwiziq community member
that's a nice crear explanation. Thank you!!
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Exactly as Alan says!

Gracias Alan,

Inma

Sandra R. asked:

"yo haría lo imposible por ti" (lo is after hacer) but "ellos lo harían sin problema" (lo is before hacer). Why does lo move around? Does it matter?

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