| in English | in Spanish | S |
|---|---|---|
| I’m going to tell (make) her a joke | Le voy a hacer una broma |
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Rest, i thought the same as you initially but it’s actuslly the broma part that’s slightly different.
Think of it as making them the butt of the joke or playing a prank on them.
La explicación de Hektor es perfecta!
2 years ago
@TOWHATEVER significa que una persona va a hacerle a alguien mas algo gracioso a de mal gusto pero que al final puede causar risas, no tiene nada que ver con contar chistes
2 years ago
Thanks guys, I’ve been learning a lot and without you I would still be on the wrong track about this sentence.
Isn’t the “le” indicating you are making a joke to someone?
It’s not specifically for a her and could also be him.
You would probably add the name or a ella, a el in the beginning or end of the sentence.
If it isn’t targeted at someone would you need the “lê” at all?
2 years ago
Elfilosofo, yes a good point you make. I think it’s because it’s difficult to use the neuter for the singular in English… (I suppose you could say them in the singular?)
2 years ago
@Francisco para empezar debes entender que el pronombre personal de tercera persona no es igual en español que en ingles.
YO = ME, MI, CONMIGO
TU = TE, TI, CONTIGO
EL = LE, LA, LO, SE
Solo usalos en tercera persona y se te hara facil, pondre algunos ejemplos:
Imagina una conversacion entre Luis y Ana
Luis: LE preste dinero a mi hermano y creo no fue muy buena idea
Ana: piensas que SE hara el olvidadizo y no te pagara
Luis: si ya me LO ha hecho antes pero sigo creyendo en sus engaños
Acuerdate que en la mayoria de los casos se utilizan para la tercera persona sin importar si se esta hablando de un hombre mujer animal o cosa.
Otros ejemplos serian:
A ella LE gusta la musica
El SE asusta muy facilmente
Recuerda que el libro LO debes dejar guardado
Me gustaria volver a ver a LA chica que conoci en LA playa
Espero te ayude un poco mi comentario.
Espero LE ayude un poco mi comentario.
2 years ago
The le usually indicates there’s 2 objects in a sentence and that one object is the recipient of the other object.
Eg. I buy flowers = one subject (myself), one object (the flowers)
I buy flowers for her = 1 subject, 2 objects (the flowers & her)
In the original example “hacer una broma” means to play a prank, usually at someone else’s expense.
So if you just said “voy a hacer una broma” you’d play a prank but there’s no target.
Whereas le voy a hacer una broma now has a recipient.
I’m not 100% sure if lo/la voy a hacer una broma makes sense in this case? Perhaps @Hektor could tell us?
As the rules for le/lo do change according to region. I would use le in this case though
2 years ago
Hektor’s comment in English: It means that a person is going to do something funny to someone else, in bad taste, but that in the end can cause laughter. It has nothing to do with telling jokes.
By the way, I don’t see anything in the Spanish phrase that indicates that the target of the prank is female (her). I would translate it as “I am going to make a joke”, as a way of saying “I am going to play a prank”.
2 years ago
Haha nice find. Fixed in next
2 years ago
Sentence info.
“Le voy a hacer una broma” is a Spanish sentence that can be broken down as follows:
– “Le” is an indirect object pronoun which here means “to him/her/it” or “for him/her/it”.
– “Voy” is the first person singular present indicative form of the verb “ir”, meaning “I am going” or “I go”.
– “A” is a preposition generally used before an infinitive to form a periphrastic future, translating to “to” in English.
– “Hacer” is an infinitive verb meaning “to do” or “to make”.
– “Una broma” is a noun phrase consisting of an indefinite article “una” (a, an) and the noun “broma” (joke).
This sentence uses the “ir + a + infinitive” construction for expressing a future action, similar to the English “going to + verb”.
To remember it, you can think of “voy a” as a set phrase for making plans or stating intentions for the near future. You associate “le” with the person receiving the action (the indirect object) and “hacer una broma” as the action itself.
Alternate ways to say “I’m going to tell (make) her a joke” include:
– Le voy a contar un chiste. (Using “contar” which means “to tell”, often used when talking about stories or jokes.)
– Voy a hacerle una broma. (Switching the position of “le” before “hacer” for emphasis.)
– Planeo hacerle una broma. (Using “planeo”, which means “I plan to”, for when you have a premeditated intention.)
– Tengo la intención de hacerle una broma. (A more formal way of saying “I intend to make her a joke.”)
– Le haré una broma. (Using the future tense “haré”, which means “I will make”, another way to express a future action.)
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I am going to TELL her a joke
This is one of the good examples that you can’t translate the spanish words literally into english or another language.
Make her a joke doesn’t make sense in english. If at all you would say “make her into a joke” or “make her the butt of the joke” but I think this wasn’t intended here and we don’t want to be sexist :D. I think someone simply wanted to tell her a joke.
2 years ago