optional personal pronouns?

Garry M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

optional personal pronouns?

Daba escalafríos andar por el pasillo. Is there no need for "me" or "nos" or are they optional? "Me daba escalafríos"?

Asked 1 year ago
InmaKwiziq team member

Hola Garry

You can include the pronoun and make it more "personal" so it is "you" who is experiencing that "Me daban escalofríos" ( in this case we´d prefer to use the verb in plural)

In the text, it's omitting the use of pronouns to give that effect of "an impersonal sentence" as if it is referring to a general feeling that "anybody" would experience if they were in that situation. That also triggers a verb in the singular making it more of an impersonal sentence: "Daba escalofríos"

Saludos

optional personal pronouns?

Daba escalafríos andar por el pasillo. Is there no need for "me" or "nos" or are they optional? "Me daba escalafríos"?

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