Spanish B2.6 Listening Practice: Remembering With De
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Unit 7: add acordarse de plus object order to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
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1. Carmen · Teacher
Welcome back! I'm Carmen, and today we're mastering how to express memories using the verb 'acordarse de' combined with object pronouns, as in 'se lo di'. Let's listen to Álvaro and Lucía in a quick daily scene.
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2. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Lucía, ¿te acuerdas del libro que te presté la semana pasada?
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3. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Sí, claro, pero no me acuerdo de dónde lo guardé.
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4. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Qué raro, porque no me acuerdo si se lo di a tu hermano o si te lo entregué a ti.
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5. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Yo me acuerdo de que estuviste hablando con él en la entrada.
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6. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Es verdad, ahora me acuerdo de haber dejado el libro en su mochila.
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7. Carmen · Teacher
Let's break down the key structures from this conversation. First, Álvaro asked: '¿Te acuerdas del libro?'. In Spanish, the verb 'acordarse' always requires the preposition 'de' before the object.
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8. Diego · Student
So 'del libro' is 'de' plus 'el libro', right? Can I ever drop the 'de' with 'acordarse'?
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9. Carmen · Teacher
No, 'acordarse' always needs 'de'. If you want to drop 'de', you'd use the verb 'recordar' instead, as in '¿Recuerdas el libro?'.
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10. Carmen · Teacher
Now look at our challenge phrase from Álvaro: 'No me acuerdo si se lo di'. Here, 'se' stands in for 'a tu hermano' and 'lo' refers to 'el libro'.
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11. Diego · Student
Why did he say 'se lo di' instead of 'le lo di'?
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12. Carmen · Teacher
When the indirect object pronoun 'le' or 'les' comes right before 'lo', 'la', 'los', or 'las', 'le' changes to 'se' to avoid the awkward double 'L' sound.
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13. Carmen · Teacher
Finally, Álvaro said: 'Ahora me acuerdo de haber dejado el libro en su mochila.' He uses 'de haber dejado' to mean 'remembering having left'.
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14. Diego · Student
Is it common to use 'de' followed by an infinitive verb like 'haber' when talking about your own past actions?
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15. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly, Diego. When the person remembering is the same person who performed the action, you follow 'de' directly with an infinitive.
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