Get to know Dijo better with 4 real example sentences.
Using Dijo
- In the example corpus, dijo often appears in combinations such as: dijo la.
Context around Dijo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dijo
- In this selection, "dijo" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, juan, subject and jose stand out and add context to how "dijo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include dijo jose antony and juan le dijo la verdad. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dijo" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dijo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dijo Jose Antony opens up about Malayalee from India. (9 words)
All of these sentences are correct iterations of "John told Mary the truth": * Juan dijo a María la verdad. (19 words)
Shifting the subject somewhere behind the verb demonstrates why the indirect object is marked in Spanish, distinguishing it from the subject: * Dijo la verdad Juan a María. (27 words)
It is very common, although by no means obligatory, to use the indirect-object pronoun redundantly when the indirect object appears somewhere after the verb: * Juan (le) dijo la verdad a María. (32 words)
Shifting the subject somewhere behind the verb demonstrates why the indirect object is marked in Spanish, distinguishing it from the subject: * Dijo la verdad Juan a María. (27 words)
All of these sentences are correct iterations of "John told Mary the truth": * Juan dijo a María la verdad. (19 words)
Example sentences (4)
Dijo Jose Antony opens up about Malayalee from India.
All of these sentences are correct iterations of "John told Mary the truth": * Juan dijo a María la verdad.
It is very common, although by no means obligatory, to use the indirect-object pronoun redundantly when the indirect object appears somewhere after the verb: * Juan (le) dijo la verdad a María.
Shifting the subject somewhere behind the verb demonstrates why the indirect object is marked in Spanish, distinguishing it from the subject: * Dijo la verdad Juan a María.
Common combinations with dijo
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dijo la 2×